The contemporary Anglophone travel novel
Subtitle: the aesthetics of self-fashioning in the era of globalization
By: Stephen M. Levin.
Series: Literary criticism and cultural theory
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780415955492
Subjects: Travel in literature; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Adventure and adventurers in literature; Travel -- Social aspects; Travel -- Psychological aspects; Alienation (Social psychology) in literature; Self in literature; Culture and globalization
Description: An exploration of the growth in literary travel writing since the 1940s within the context of shifting leisure practices in Britain and the United States, The Contemporary Anglophone Travel Novel provides an insight into the ways that globalization informs mass cultural practices.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-177) and index.