Tourists with Typewriters: Critical Reflections on Contemporary Travel Writing
Travel writing has become a commercial success, and the popularity of the genre has increased with the global spread of tourism. Holland (English, Univ. of Guelph, Ontario) and Huggan (English, Univ. of Munich) bring a literary background to their study, which covers a selection of travel narratives written after World War II with a focus on writers they consider to be "specialists" in the genre (Bruce Chatwin, Paul Theroux, V.S. Naipaul, and others). They maintain that travel writing is a form of elitism written predominantly by white, middle-class, European American males. The chapters of the book are divided in a useful and consistent format by discipline, including history, geography, culture, gender issues, and future itineraries. The authors conclude their study with a review of the likely role of travel writing in the future. Though the audience for this book may be limited, it would be a strong addition to any collection of literary criticism.?Cynde Bloom Lahey, New Canaan Lib., CTCopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.