Title: History's double
First published: 1997
Description: In History's Double, Andrea Loselle looks at the relation between tourism and French literature, drawing a distinction between the tourist industry and the "true" experience of travel. Examining the work of such notable writers as Blaise Cendrars, Paul Morand, and Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Loselle discusses the literary representation of tourism throughout the course of the twentieth century.

Themes such as violence, fascism, speed, stereotypes, the symbolic value of amusement parks, the metaphor of the journey, and historical representation are considered and employed as a means of comparing and contrasting French writers.
Subjects: French prose literature, History and criticism, Travel in literature, History, modern, 20th century, French literature, history and criticism, 20th century
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PQ629 .L67 1997