The elsewhere
Subtitle: on belonging at a near distance : reading literary memoir from Europe and the Levant
By: Adam Zachary Newton.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: European literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Setting (Literature); Travel in literature.
Description: "In this book that ties personal poignancy to current theoretical discussion, and drawing on broad historical and literary learning, Adam Zachary Newton skillfully arranges a succession of encounters whereby the act of interpretation itself participates in a drama of sojourn and belonging, and reading becomes both itinerary and emplacement - "a bounden practice under the sway of place.""--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-378) and index.