English Travel Narratives in the Eighteenth Century: Exploring Genres

ISBN-13: 9780754604488 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 144 str.

Jean Vivies

Opis

Charts the growth of the "travel narrative" - from its protean origins in Addison, to the shifting perspective of the post-Romantic hedonist. A century's passing saw personal pleasure rather than the improvement of the mind become the reason for travel, as the era of the Grand Tour passed.

Recenzje

'... a scholarly version of Alain de Botton's The Art of Travel...' ChoiceReviews 'Viviès's study [...] makes compelling reading, particularly in fostering the connection between travel writing and narrative theory.' Studies in Travel Writing 'English Travel Narratives will appeal to those interested in the novelistic genre as well as to eighteenth-century historians and scholars of early travel narratives. As part of the Studies in Early Modern English Literature Series, this book presents a provocative ensemble of works that interrogate the characteristics that define travel narratives versus those associated with a novel.' Libraries and Culture

Spis treści

Contents: General editor's preface; Part I: Prefatory essay; Part II: Introduction; James Boswell and Samuel Johnson; Tobias Smollett: deciphering letters; Laurence Sterne: the voyage and its double; The vagaries of the picaresque; Conclusion: The travel narrative and literary criticism; Chronological landmarks; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Jean Viviès