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The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing

The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing

Edited ByCarl Thompson
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2015
eBook Published 22 December 2015
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780203366127
Pages 506 pages
eBook ISBN 9781134105144
SubjectsLanguage & Literature
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Thompson, C. (Ed.). (2016). The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203366127
ABOUT THIS BOOK

As many places around the world confront issues of globalization, migration and postcoloniality, travel writing has become a serious genre of study, reflecting some of the greatest concerns of our time. Encompassing forms as diverse as field journals, investigative reports, guidebooks, memoirs, comic sketches and lyrical reveries; travel writing is now a crucial focus for discussion across many subjects within the humanities and social sciences.

An ideal starting point for beginners, but also offering new perspectives for those familiar with the field, The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing examines:

  • Key debates within the field, including postcolonial studies, gender, sexuality and visual culture
  • Historical and cultural contexts, tracing the evolution of travel writing across time and over cultures
  • Different styles, modes and themes of travel writing, from pilgrimage to tourism
  • Imagined geographies, and the relationship between travel writing and the social, ideological and occasionally fictional constructs through which we view the different regions of the world.

Covering all of the major topics and debates, this is an essential overview of the field, which will also encourage new and exciting directions for study.

Contributors: Simon Bainbridge, Anthony Bale, Shobhana Bhattacharji, Dúnlaith Bird, Elizabeth A. Bohls, Wendy Bracewell, Kylie Cardell, Daniel Carey, Janice Cavell, Simon Cooke, Matthew Day, Kate Douglas, Justin D. Edwards, David Farley, Charles Forsdick, Corinne Fowler, Laura E. Franey, Rune Graulund, Justine Greenwood, James M. Hargett, Jennifer Hayward, Eva Johanna Holmberg, Graham Huggan, William Hutton, Robin Jarvis, Tabish Khair, Zoë Kinsley, Barbara Korte, Julia Kuehn, Scott Laderman, Claire Lindsay, Churnjeet Mahn, Nabil Matar, Steve Mentz, Laura Nenzi, Aedín Ní Loingsigh, Manfred Pfister, Susan L. Roberson, Paul Smethurst, Carl Thompson, C.W. Thompson, Margaret Topping, Richard White, Gregory Woods.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I: KEY DEBATES AND CRITICAL APPROACHES
chapter 1|12 pages
TRUTH, LIES AND TRAVEL WRITING
ByDANIEL CAREY
View abstract
chapter 2|10 pages
INNER JOURNEYS: TRAVEL WRITING AS LIFE WRITING
BySIMON COOKE
View abstract
chapter 3|10 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES
ByCLAIRE LINDSAY
View abstract
chapter 4|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND GENDER
View abstract
chapter 5|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND SEXUALITY: QUEERING THE GENRE
ByCHURNJEET MAHN
View abstract
chapter 6|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND ETHICS
ByCORINNE FOWLER
View abstract
chapter 7|10 pages
TRAVEL AND THE BODY: CORPOREALITY, SPEED AND TECHNOLOGY
ByCHARLES FORSDICK
View abstract
chapter 8|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND VISUAL CULTURE
ByMARGARET TOPPING
View abstract
chapter 9|10 pages
TRAVEL WRITING: RECEPTION AND READERSHIP
ByROBIN JARVIS
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART II Historical Overviews
chapter 10|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
ByWILLIAM HUTTON
View abstract
chapter 11|13 pages
CHINESE TRAVEL WRITING
ByJAMES M. HARGETT
View abstract
chapter 12|14 pages
INDIAN TRAVEL WRITING
BySHOBHANA BHATTACHARJI
View abstract
chapter 13|13 pages
ARABIC TRAVEL WRITING, TO 1916
ByNABIL MATAR
View abstract
chapter 14|9 pages
EUROPEAN TRAVEL WRITING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
ByANTHONY BALE
View abstract
chapter 15|12 pages
WESTERN TRAVEL WRITING, 1450–1750
ByMATTHEW DAY
View abstract
chapter 16|12 pages
WESTERN TRAVEL WRITING, 1750–1950
ByBARBARA KORTE
View abstract
chapter 17|11 pages
African Travel Writing AEDÍN NÍ LOINGSIGH
View abstract
chapter 18|19 pages
TRAVEL WRITING NOW, 1950 TO THE PRESENT DAY
ByCARL THOMPSON
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART III Styles, Modes, Themes
chapter 19|10 pages
PILGRIMS
ByLAURA NENZI
View abstract
chapter 20|10 pages
DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS
ByPAUL SMETHURST
View abstract
chapter 21|9 pages
TRAVELLERS AND TOURISTS
ByZOË KINSLEY
View abstract
chapter 22|12 pages
PICTURESQUE TRAVEL: THE AESTHETICS AND POLITICS OF LANDSCAPE
ByELIZABETH A. BOHLS
View abstract
chapter 23|11 pages
GUIDEBOOKS
BySCOTT LADERMAN
View abstract
chapter 24|9 pages
THE ROMANTIC LITERARY TRAVEL BOOK
ByC.W. THOMPSON
View abstract
chapter 25|10 pages
MODERNIST TRAVEL WRITING
ByDAVID FARLEY
View abstract
chapter 26|10 pages
POSTMODERNIZING TRAVEL WRITING
ByMANFRED PFISTER
View abstract
chapter 27|10 pages
TRAVEL BLOGS
ByKYLIE CARDELL, KATE DOUGLAS
View abstract
chapter 28|10 pages
DARK TOURISM
ByJUSTIN D. EDWARDS
View abstract
chapter 29|11 pages
GAY TRAVEL WRITING: AN UNSTABLE CATEGORY?
ByGREGORY WOODS
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART IV Imagined Geographies
chapter 30|10 pages
ULTIMA THULE / THE NORTH
ByGRAHAM HUGGAN
View abstract
chapter 31|10 pages
EUROPE
ByWENDY BRACEWELL
View abstract
chapter 32|10 pages
NORTH AMERICA / USA
BySUSAN L. ROBERSON
View abstract
chapter 33|11 pages
LATIN AMERICA
ByJENNIFER HAYWARD
View abstract
chapter 34|12 pages
THE MIDDLE EAST
ByEVA JOHANNA HOLMBERG
View abstract
chapter 35|10 pages
INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
ByTABISH KHAIR
View abstract
chapter 36|10 pages
CHINA
ByJULIA KUEHN
View abstract
chapter 37|11 pages
AUSTRALIA
ByRICHARD WHITE, JUSTINE GREENWOOD
View abstract
chapter 38|10 pages
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
ByLAURA E. FRANEY
View abstract
chapter 39|10 pages
THE POLAR REGIONS
ByJANICE CAVELL
View abstract
chapter 40|9 pages
DESERTS
ByRUNE GRAULUND
View abstract
chapter 41|10 pages
MOUNTAINS
BySIMON BAINBRIDGE
View abstract
chapter 42|33 pages
THE SEA
BySTEVE MENTZ
View abstract

As many places around the world confront issues of globalization, migration and postcoloniality, travel writing has become a serious genre of study, reflecting some of the greatest concerns of our time. Encompassing forms as diverse as field journals, investigative reports, guidebooks, memoirs, comic sketches and lyrical reveries; travel writing is now a crucial focus for discussion across many subjects within the humanities and social sciences.

An ideal starting point for beginners, but also offering new perspectives for those familiar with the field, The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing examines:

  • Key debates within the field, including postcolonial studies, gender, sexuality and visual culture
  • Historical and cultural contexts, tracing the evolution of travel writing across time and over cultures
  • Different styles, modes and themes of travel writing, from pilgrimage to tourism
  • Imagined geographies, and the relationship between travel writing and the social, ideological and occasionally fictional constructs through which we view the different regions of the world.

Covering all of the major topics and debates, this is an essential overview of the field, which will also encourage new and exciting directions for study.

Contributors: Simon Bainbridge, Anthony Bale, Shobhana Bhattacharji, Dúnlaith Bird, Elizabeth A. Bohls, Wendy Bracewell, Kylie Cardell, Daniel Carey, Janice Cavell, Simon Cooke, Matthew Day, Kate Douglas, Justin D. Edwards, David Farley, Charles Forsdick, Corinne Fowler, Laura E. Franey, Rune Graulund, Justine Greenwood, James M. Hargett, Jennifer Hayward, Eva Johanna Holmberg, Graham Huggan, William Hutton, Robin Jarvis, Tabish Khair, Zoë Kinsley, Barbara Korte, Julia Kuehn, Scott Laderman, Claire Lindsay, Churnjeet Mahn, Nabil Matar, Steve Mentz, Laura Nenzi, Aedín Ní Loingsigh, Manfred Pfister, Susan L. Roberson, Paul Smethurst, Carl Thompson, C.W. Thompson, Margaret Topping, Richard White, Gregory Woods.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I: KEY DEBATES AND CRITICAL APPROACHES
chapter 1|12 pages
TRUTH, LIES AND TRAVEL WRITING
ByDANIEL CAREY
View abstract
chapter 2|10 pages
INNER JOURNEYS: TRAVEL WRITING AS LIFE WRITING
BySIMON COOKE
View abstract
chapter 3|10 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES
ByCLAIRE LINDSAY
View abstract
chapter 4|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND GENDER
View abstract
chapter 5|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND SEXUALITY: QUEERING THE GENRE
ByCHURNJEET MAHN
View abstract
chapter 6|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND ETHICS
ByCORINNE FOWLER
View abstract
chapter 7|10 pages
TRAVEL AND THE BODY: CORPOREALITY, SPEED AND TECHNOLOGY
ByCHARLES FORSDICK
View abstract
chapter 8|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND VISUAL CULTURE
ByMARGARET TOPPING
View abstract
chapter 9|10 pages
TRAVEL WRITING: RECEPTION AND READERSHIP
ByROBIN JARVIS
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART II Historical Overviews
chapter 10|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
ByWILLIAM HUTTON
View abstract
chapter 11|13 pages
CHINESE TRAVEL WRITING
ByJAMES M. HARGETT
View abstract
chapter 12|14 pages
INDIAN TRAVEL WRITING
BySHOBHANA BHATTACHARJI
View abstract
chapter 13|13 pages
ARABIC TRAVEL WRITING, TO 1916
ByNABIL MATAR
View abstract
chapter 14|9 pages
EUROPEAN TRAVEL WRITING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
ByANTHONY BALE
View abstract
chapter 15|12 pages
WESTERN TRAVEL WRITING, 1450–1750
ByMATTHEW DAY
View abstract
chapter 16|12 pages
WESTERN TRAVEL WRITING, 1750–1950
ByBARBARA KORTE
View abstract
chapter 17|11 pages
African Travel Writing AEDÍN NÍ LOINGSIGH
View abstract
chapter 18|19 pages
TRAVEL WRITING NOW, 1950 TO THE PRESENT DAY
ByCARL THOMPSON
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART III Styles, Modes, Themes
chapter 19|10 pages
PILGRIMS
ByLAURA NENZI
View abstract
chapter 20|10 pages
DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS
ByPAUL SMETHURST
View abstract
chapter 21|9 pages
TRAVELLERS AND TOURISTS
ByZOË KINSLEY
View abstract
chapter 22|12 pages
PICTURESQUE TRAVEL: THE AESTHETICS AND POLITICS OF LANDSCAPE
ByELIZABETH A. BOHLS
View abstract
chapter 23|11 pages
GUIDEBOOKS
BySCOTT LADERMAN
View abstract
chapter 24|9 pages
THE ROMANTIC LITERARY TRAVEL BOOK
ByC.W. THOMPSON
View abstract
chapter 25|10 pages
MODERNIST TRAVEL WRITING
ByDAVID FARLEY
View abstract
chapter 26|10 pages
POSTMODERNIZING TRAVEL WRITING
ByMANFRED PFISTER
View abstract
chapter 27|10 pages
TRAVEL BLOGS
ByKYLIE CARDELL, KATE DOUGLAS
View abstract
chapter 28|10 pages
DARK TOURISM
ByJUSTIN D. EDWARDS
View abstract
chapter 29|11 pages
GAY TRAVEL WRITING: AN UNSTABLE CATEGORY?
ByGREGORY WOODS
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART IV Imagined Geographies
chapter 30|10 pages
ULTIMA THULE / THE NORTH
ByGRAHAM HUGGAN
View abstract
chapter 31|10 pages
EUROPE
ByWENDY BRACEWELL
View abstract
chapter 32|10 pages
NORTH AMERICA / USA
BySUSAN L. ROBERSON
View abstract
chapter 33|11 pages
LATIN AMERICA
ByJENNIFER HAYWARD
View abstract
chapter 34|12 pages
THE MIDDLE EAST
ByEVA JOHANNA HOLMBERG
View abstract
chapter 35|10 pages
INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
ByTABISH KHAIR
View abstract
chapter 36|10 pages
CHINA
ByJULIA KUEHN
View abstract
chapter 37|11 pages
AUSTRALIA
ByRICHARD WHITE, JUSTINE GREENWOOD
View abstract
chapter 38|10 pages
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
ByLAURA E. FRANEY
View abstract
chapter 39|10 pages
THE POLAR REGIONS
ByJANICE CAVELL
View abstract
chapter 40|9 pages
DESERTS
ByRUNE GRAULUND
View abstract
chapter 41|10 pages
MOUNTAINS
BySIMON BAINBRIDGE
View abstract
chapter 42|33 pages
THE SEA
BySTEVE MENTZ
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

As many places around the world confront issues of globalization, migration and postcoloniality, travel writing has become a serious genre of study, reflecting some of the greatest concerns of our time. Encompassing forms as diverse as field journals, investigative reports, guidebooks, memoirs, comic sketches and lyrical reveries; travel writing is now a crucial focus for discussion across many subjects within the humanities and social sciences.

An ideal starting point for beginners, but also offering new perspectives for those familiar with the field, The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing examines:

  • Key debates within the field, including postcolonial studies, gender, sexuality and visual culture
  • Historical and cultural contexts, tracing the evolution of travel writing across time and over cultures
  • Different styles, modes and themes of travel writing, from pilgrimage to tourism
  • Imagined geographies, and the relationship between travel writing and the social, ideological and occasionally fictional constructs through which we view the different regions of the world.

Covering all of the major topics and debates, this is an essential overview of the field, which will also encourage new and exciting directions for study.

Contributors: Simon Bainbridge, Anthony Bale, Shobhana Bhattacharji, Dúnlaith Bird, Elizabeth A. Bohls, Wendy Bracewell, Kylie Cardell, Daniel Carey, Janice Cavell, Simon Cooke, Matthew Day, Kate Douglas, Justin D. Edwards, David Farley, Charles Forsdick, Corinne Fowler, Laura E. Franey, Rune Graulund, Justine Greenwood, James M. Hargett, Jennifer Hayward, Eva Johanna Holmberg, Graham Huggan, William Hutton, Robin Jarvis, Tabish Khair, Zoë Kinsley, Barbara Korte, Julia Kuehn, Scott Laderman, Claire Lindsay, Churnjeet Mahn, Nabil Matar, Steve Mentz, Laura Nenzi, Aedín Ní Loingsigh, Manfred Pfister, Susan L. Roberson, Paul Smethurst, Carl Thompson, C.W. Thompson, Margaret Topping, Richard White, Gregory Woods.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I: KEY DEBATES AND CRITICAL APPROACHES
chapter 1|12 pages
TRUTH, LIES AND TRAVEL WRITING
ByDANIEL CAREY
View abstract
chapter 2|10 pages
INNER JOURNEYS: TRAVEL WRITING AS LIFE WRITING
BySIMON COOKE
View abstract
chapter 3|10 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES
ByCLAIRE LINDSAY
View abstract
chapter 4|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND GENDER
View abstract
chapter 5|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND SEXUALITY: QUEERING THE GENRE
ByCHURNJEET MAHN
View abstract
chapter 6|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND ETHICS
ByCORINNE FOWLER
View abstract
chapter 7|10 pages
TRAVEL AND THE BODY: CORPOREALITY, SPEED AND TECHNOLOGY
ByCHARLES FORSDICK
View abstract
chapter 8|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND VISUAL CULTURE
ByMARGARET TOPPING
View abstract
chapter 9|10 pages
TRAVEL WRITING: RECEPTION AND READERSHIP
ByROBIN JARVIS
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART II Historical Overviews
chapter 10|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
ByWILLIAM HUTTON
View abstract
chapter 11|13 pages
CHINESE TRAVEL WRITING
ByJAMES M. HARGETT
View abstract
chapter 12|14 pages
INDIAN TRAVEL WRITING
BySHOBHANA BHATTACHARJI
View abstract
chapter 13|13 pages
ARABIC TRAVEL WRITING, TO 1916
ByNABIL MATAR
View abstract
chapter 14|9 pages
EUROPEAN TRAVEL WRITING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
ByANTHONY BALE
View abstract
chapter 15|12 pages
WESTERN TRAVEL WRITING, 1450–1750
ByMATTHEW DAY
View abstract
chapter 16|12 pages
WESTERN TRAVEL WRITING, 1750–1950
ByBARBARA KORTE
View abstract
chapter 17|11 pages
African Travel Writing AEDÍN NÍ LOINGSIGH
View abstract
chapter 18|19 pages
TRAVEL WRITING NOW, 1950 TO THE PRESENT DAY
ByCARL THOMPSON
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART III Styles, Modes, Themes
chapter 19|10 pages
PILGRIMS
ByLAURA NENZI
View abstract
chapter 20|10 pages
DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS
ByPAUL SMETHURST
View abstract
chapter 21|9 pages
TRAVELLERS AND TOURISTS
ByZOË KINSLEY
View abstract
chapter 22|12 pages
PICTURESQUE TRAVEL: THE AESTHETICS AND POLITICS OF LANDSCAPE
ByELIZABETH A. BOHLS
View abstract
chapter 23|11 pages
GUIDEBOOKS
BySCOTT LADERMAN
View abstract
chapter 24|9 pages
THE ROMANTIC LITERARY TRAVEL BOOK
ByC.W. THOMPSON
View abstract
chapter 25|10 pages
MODERNIST TRAVEL WRITING
ByDAVID FARLEY
View abstract
chapter 26|10 pages
POSTMODERNIZING TRAVEL WRITING
ByMANFRED PFISTER
View abstract
chapter 27|10 pages
TRAVEL BLOGS
ByKYLIE CARDELL, KATE DOUGLAS
View abstract
chapter 28|10 pages
DARK TOURISM
ByJUSTIN D. EDWARDS
View abstract
chapter 29|11 pages
GAY TRAVEL WRITING: AN UNSTABLE CATEGORY?
ByGREGORY WOODS
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART IV Imagined Geographies
chapter 30|10 pages
ULTIMA THULE / THE NORTH
ByGRAHAM HUGGAN
View abstract
chapter 31|10 pages
EUROPE
ByWENDY BRACEWELL
View abstract
chapter 32|10 pages
NORTH AMERICA / USA
BySUSAN L. ROBERSON
View abstract
chapter 33|11 pages
LATIN AMERICA
ByJENNIFER HAYWARD
View abstract
chapter 34|12 pages
THE MIDDLE EAST
ByEVA JOHANNA HOLMBERG
View abstract
chapter 35|10 pages
INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
ByTABISH KHAIR
View abstract
chapter 36|10 pages
CHINA
ByJULIA KUEHN
View abstract
chapter 37|11 pages
AUSTRALIA
ByRICHARD WHITE, JUSTINE GREENWOOD
View abstract
chapter 38|10 pages
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
ByLAURA E. FRANEY
View abstract
chapter 39|10 pages
THE POLAR REGIONS
ByJANICE CAVELL
View abstract
chapter 40|9 pages
DESERTS
ByRUNE GRAULUND
View abstract
chapter 41|10 pages
MOUNTAINS
BySIMON BAINBRIDGE
View abstract
chapter 42|33 pages
THE SEA
BySTEVE MENTZ
View abstract

As many places around the world confront issues of globalization, migration and postcoloniality, travel writing has become a serious genre of study, reflecting some of the greatest concerns of our time. Encompassing forms as diverse as field journals, investigative reports, guidebooks, memoirs, comic sketches and lyrical reveries; travel writing is now a crucial focus for discussion across many subjects within the humanities and social sciences.

An ideal starting point for beginners, but also offering new perspectives for those familiar with the field, The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing examines:

  • Key debates within the field, including postcolonial studies, gender, sexuality and visual culture
  • Historical and cultural contexts, tracing the evolution of travel writing across time and over cultures
  • Different styles, modes and themes of travel writing, from pilgrimage to tourism
  • Imagined geographies, and the relationship between travel writing and the social, ideological and occasionally fictional constructs through which we view the different regions of the world.

Covering all of the major topics and debates, this is an essential overview of the field, which will also encourage new and exciting directions for study.

Contributors: Simon Bainbridge, Anthony Bale, Shobhana Bhattacharji, Dúnlaith Bird, Elizabeth A. Bohls, Wendy Bracewell, Kylie Cardell, Daniel Carey, Janice Cavell, Simon Cooke, Matthew Day, Kate Douglas, Justin D. Edwards, David Farley, Charles Forsdick, Corinne Fowler, Laura E. Franey, Rune Graulund, Justine Greenwood, James M. Hargett, Jennifer Hayward, Eva Johanna Holmberg, Graham Huggan, William Hutton, Robin Jarvis, Tabish Khair, Zoë Kinsley, Barbara Korte, Julia Kuehn, Scott Laderman, Claire Lindsay, Churnjeet Mahn, Nabil Matar, Steve Mentz, Laura Nenzi, Aedín Ní Loingsigh, Manfred Pfister, Susan L. Roberson, Paul Smethurst, Carl Thompson, C.W. Thompson, Margaret Topping, Richard White, Gregory Woods.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I: KEY DEBATES AND CRITICAL APPROACHES
chapter 1|12 pages
TRUTH, LIES AND TRAVEL WRITING
ByDANIEL CAREY
View abstract
chapter 2|10 pages
INNER JOURNEYS: TRAVEL WRITING AS LIFE WRITING
BySIMON COOKE
View abstract
chapter 3|10 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES
ByCLAIRE LINDSAY
View abstract
chapter 4|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND GENDER
View abstract
chapter 5|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND SEXUALITY: QUEERING THE GENRE
ByCHURNJEET MAHN
View abstract
chapter 6|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND ETHICS
ByCORINNE FOWLER
View abstract
chapter 7|10 pages
TRAVEL AND THE BODY: CORPOREALITY, SPEED AND TECHNOLOGY
ByCHARLES FORSDICK
View abstract
chapter 8|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND VISUAL CULTURE
ByMARGARET TOPPING
View abstract
chapter 9|10 pages
TRAVEL WRITING: RECEPTION AND READERSHIP
ByROBIN JARVIS
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART II Historical Overviews
chapter 10|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
ByWILLIAM HUTTON
View abstract
chapter 11|13 pages
CHINESE TRAVEL WRITING
ByJAMES M. HARGETT
View abstract
chapter 12|14 pages
INDIAN TRAVEL WRITING
BySHOBHANA BHATTACHARJI
View abstract
chapter 13|13 pages
ARABIC TRAVEL WRITING, TO 1916
ByNABIL MATAR
View abstract
chapter 14|9 pages
EUROPEAN TRAVEL WRITING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
ByANTHONY BALE
View abstract
chapter 15|12 pages
WESTERN TRAVEL WRITING, 1450–1750
ByMATTHEW DAY
View abstract
chapter 16|12 pages
WESTERN TRAVEL WRITING, 1750–1950
ByBARBARA KORTE
View abstract
chapter 17|11 pages
African Travel Writing AEDÍN NÍ LOINGSIGH
View abstract
chapter 18|19 pages
TRAVEL WRITING NOW, 1950 TO THE PRESENT DAY
ByCARL THOMPSON
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART III Styles, Modes, Themes
chapter 19|10 pages
PILGRIMS
ByLAURA NENZI
View abstract
chapter 20|10 pages
DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS
ByPAUL SMETHURST
View abstract
chapter 21|9 pages
TRAVELLERS AND TOURISTS
ByZOË KINSLEY
View abstract
chapter 22|12 pages
PICTURESQUE TRAVEL: THE AESTHETICS AND POLITICS OF LANDSCAPE
ByELIZABETH A. BOHLS
View abstract
chapter 23|11 pages
GUIDEBOOKS
BySCOTT LADERMAN
View abstract
chapter 24|9 pages
THE ROMANTIC LITERARY TRAVEL BOOK
ByC.W. THOMPSON
View abstract
chapter 25|10 pages
MODERNIST TRAVEL WRITING
ByDAVID FARLEY
View abstract
chapter 26|10 pages
POSTMODERNIZING TRAVEL WRITING
ByMANFRED PFISTER
View abstract
chapter 27|10 pages
TRAVEL BLOGS
ByKYLIE CARDELL, KATE DOUGLAS
View abstract
chapter 28|10 pages
DARK TOURISM
ByJUSTIN D. EDWARDS
View abstract
chapter 29|11 pages
GAY TRAVEL WRITING: AN UNSTABLE CATEGORY?
ByGREGORY WOODS
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART IV Imagined Geographies
chapter 30|10 pages
ULTIMA THULE / THE NORTH
ByGRAHAM HUGGAN
View abstract
chapter 31|10 pages
EUROPE
ByWENDY BRACEWELL
View abstract
chapter 32|10 pages
NORTH AMERICA / USA
BySUSAN L. ROBERSON
View abstract
chapter 33|11 pages
LATIN AMERICA
ByJENNIFER HAYWARD
View abstract
chapter 34|12 pages
THE MIDDLE EAST
ByEVA JOHANNA HOLMBERG
View abstract
chapter 35|10 pages
INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
ByTABISH KHAIR
View abstract
chapter 36|10 pages
CHINA
ByJULIA KUEHN
View abstract
chapter 37|11 pages
AUSTRALIA
ByRICHARD WHITE, JUSTINE GREENWOOD
View abstract
chapter 38|10 pages
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
ByLAURA E. FRANEY
View abstract
chapter 39|10 pages
THE POLAR REGIONS
ByJANICE CAVELL
View abstract
chapter 40|9 pages
DESERTS
ByRUNE GRAULUND
View abstract
chapter 41|10 pages
MOUNTAINS
BySIMON BAINBRIDGE
View abstract
chapter 42|33 pages
THE SEA
BySTEVE MENTZ
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

As many places around the world confront issues of globalization, migration and postcoloniality, travel writing has become a serious genre of study, reflecting some of the greatest concerns of our time. Encompassing forms as diverse as field journals, investigative reports, guidebooks, memoirs, comic sketches and lyrical reveries; travel writing is now a crucial focus for discussion across many subjects within the humanities and social sciences.

An ideal starting point for beginners, but also offering new perspectives for those familiar with the field, The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing examines:

  • Key debates within the field, including postcolonial studies, gender, sexuality and visual culture
  • Historical and cultural contexts, tracing the evolution of travel writing across time and over cultures
  • Different styles, modes and themes of travel writing, from pilgrimage to tourism
  • Imagined geographies, and the relationship between travel writing and the social, ideological and occasionally fictional constructs through which we view the different regions of the world.

Covering all of the major topics and debates, this is an essential overview of the field, which will also encourage new and exciting directions for study.

Contributors: Simon Bainbridge, Anthony Bale, Shobhana Bhattacharji, Dúnlaith Bird, Elizabeth A. Bohls, Wendy Bracewell, Kylie Cardell, Daniel Carey, Janice Cavell, Simon Cooke, Matthew Day, Kate Douglas, Justin D. Edwards, David Farley, Charles Forsdick, Corinne Fowler, Laura E. Franey, Rune Graulund, Justine Greenwood, James M. Hargett, Jennifer Hayward, Eva Johanna Holmberg, Graham Huggan, William Hutton, Robin Jarvis, Tabish Khair, Zoë Kinsley, Barbara Korte, Julia Kuehn, Scott Laderman, Claire Lindsay, Churnjeet Mahn, Nabil Matar, Steve Mentz, Laura Nenzi, Aedín Ní Loingsigh, Manfred Pfister, Susan L. Roberson, Paul Smethurst, Carl Thompson, C.W. Thompson, Margaret Topping, Richard White, Gregory Woods.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I: KEY DEBATES AND CRITICAL APPROACHES
chapter 1|12 pages
TRUTH, LIES AND TRAVEL WRITING
ByDANIEL CAREY
View abstract
chapter 2|10 pages
INNER JOURNEYS: TRAVEL WRITING AS LIFE WRITING
BySIMON COOKE
View abstract
chapter 3|10 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES
ByCLAIRE LINDSAY
View abstract
chapter 4|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND GENDER
View abstract
chapter 5|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND SEXUALITY: QUEERING THE GENRE
ByCHURNJEET MAHN
View abstract
chapter 6|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND ETHICS
ByCORINNE FOWLER
View abstract
chapter 7|10 pages
TRAVEL AND THE BODY: CORPOREALITY, SPEED AND TECHNOLOGY
ByCHARLES FORSDICK
View abstract
chapter 8|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND VISUAL CULTURE
ByMARGARET TOPPING
View abstract
chapter 9|10 pages
TRAVEL WRITING: RECEPTION AND READERSHIP
ByROBIN JARVIS
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART II Historical Overviews
chapter 10|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
ByWILLIAM HUTTON
View abstract
chapter 11|13 pages
CHINESE TRAVEL WRITING
ByJAMES M. HARGETT
View abstract
chapter 12|14 pages
INDIAN TRAVEL WRITING
BySHOBHANA BHATTACHARJI
View abstract
chapter 13|13 pages
ARABIC TRAVEL WRITING, TO 1916
ByNABIL MATAR
View abstract
chapter 14|9 pages
EUROPEAN TRAVEL WRITING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
ByANTHONY BALE
View abstract
chapter 15|12 pages
WESTERN TRAVEL WRITING, 1450–1750
ByMATTHEW DAY
View abstract
chapter 16|12 pages
WESTERN TRAVEL WRITING, 1750–1950
ByBARBARA KORTE
View abstract
chapter 17|11 pages
African Travel Writing AEDÍN NÍ LOINGSIGH
View abstract
chapter 18|19 pages
TRAVEL WRITING NOW, 1950 TO THE PRESENT DAY
ByCARL THOMPSON
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART III Styles, Modes, Themes
chapter 19|10 pages
PILGRIMS
ByLAURA NENZI
View abstract
chapter 20|10 pages
DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS
ByPAUL SMETHURST
View abstract
chapter 21|9 pages
TRAVELLERS AND TOURISTS
ByZOË KINSLEY
View abstract
chapter 22|12 pages
PICTURESQUE TRAVEL: THE AESTHETICS AND POLITICS OF LANDSCAPE
ByELIZABETH A. BOHLS
View abstract
chapter 23|11 pages
GUIDEBOOKS
BySCOTT LADERMAN
View abstract
chapter 24|9 pages
THE ROMANTIC LITERARY TRAVEL BOOK
ByC.W. THOMPSON
View abstract
chapter 25|10 pages
MODERNIST TRAVEL WRITING
ByDAVID FARLEY
View abstract
chapter 26|10 pages
POSTMODERNIZING TRAVEL WRITING
ByMANFRED PFISTER
View abstract
chapter 27|10 pages
TRAVEL BLOGS
ByKYLIE CARDELL, KATE DOUGLAS
View abstract
chapter 28|10 pages
DARK TOURISM
ByJUSTIN D. EDWARDS
View abstract
chapter 29|11 pages
GAY TRAVEL WRITING: AN UNSTABLE CATEGORY?
ByGREGORY WOODS
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART IV Imagined Geographies
chapter 30|10 pages
ULTIMA THULE / THE NORTH
ByGRAHAM HUGGAN
View abstract
chapter 31|10 pages
EUROPE
ByWENDY BRACEWELL
View abstract
chapter 32|10 pages
NORTH AMERICA / USA
BySUSAN L. ROBERSON
View abstract
chapter 33|11 pages
LATIN AMERICA
ByJENNIFER HAYWARD
View abstract
chapter 34|12 pages
THE MIDDLE EAST
ByEVA JOHANNA HOLMBERG
View abstract
chapter 35|10 pages
INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
ByTABISH KHAIR
View abstract
chapter 36|10 pages
CHINA
ByJULIA KUEHN
View abstract
chapter 37|11 pages
AUSTRALIA
ByRICHARD WHITE, JUSTINE GREENWOOD
View abstract
chapter 38|10 pages
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
ByLAURA E. FRANEY
View abstract
chapter 39|10 pages
THE POLAR REGIONS
ByJANICE CAVELL
View abstract
chapter 40|9 pages
DESERTS
ByRUNE GRAULUND
View abstract
chapter 41|10 pages
MOUNTAINS
BySIMON BAINBRIDGE
View abstract
chapter 42|33 pages
THE SEA
BySTEVE MENTZ
View abstract

As many places around the world confront issues of globalization, migration and postcoloniality, travel writing has become a serious genre of study, reflecting some of the greatest concerns of our time. Encompassing forms as diverse as field journals, investigative reports, guidebooks, memoirs, comic sketches and lyrical reveries; travel writing is now a crucial focus for discussion across many subjects within the humanities and social sciences.

An ideal starting point for beginners, but also offering new perspectives for those familiar with the field, The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing examines:

  • Key debates within the field, including postcolonial studies, gender, sexuality and visual culture
  • Historical and cultural contexts, tracing the evolution of travel writing across time and over cultures
  • Different styles, modes and themes of travel writing, from pilgrimage to tourism
  • Imagined geographies, and the relationship between travel writing and the social, ideological and occasionally fictional constructs through which we view the different regions of the world.

Covering all of the major topics and debates, this is an essential overview of the field, which will also encourage new and exciting directions for study.

Contributors: Simon Bainbridge, Anthony Bale, Shobhana Bhattacharji, Dúnlaith Bird, Elizabeth A. Bohls, Wendy Bracewell, Kylie Cardell, Daniel Carey, Janice Cavell, Simon Cooke, Matthew Day, Kate Douglas, Justin D. Edwards, David Farley, Charles Forsdick, Corinne Fowler, Laura E. Franey, Rune Graulund, Justine Greenwood, James M. Hargett, Jennifer Hayward, Eva Johanna Holmberg, Graham Huggan, William Hutton, Robin Jarvis, Tabish Khair, Zoë Kinsley, Barbara Korte, Julia Kuehn, Scott Laderman, Claire Lindsay, Churnjeet Mahn, Nabil Matar, Steve Mentz, Laura Nenzi, Aedín Ní Loingsigh, Manfred Pfister, Susan L. Roberson, Paul Smethurst, Carl Thompson, C.W. Thompson, Margaret Topping, Richard White, Gregory Woods.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I: KEY DEBATES AND CRITICAL APPROACHES
chapter 1|12 pages
TRUTH, LIES AND TRAVEL WRITING
ByDANIEL CAREY
View abstract
chapter 2|10 pages
INNER JOURNEYS: TRAVEL WRITING AS LIFE WRITING
BySIMON COOKE
View abstract
chapter 3|10 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES
ByCLAIRE LINDSAY
View abstract
chapter 4|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND GENDER
View abstract
chapter 5|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND SEXUALITY: QUEERING THE GENRE
ByCHURNJEET MAHN
View abstract
chapter 6|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND ETHICS
ByCORINNE FOWLER
View abstract
chapter 7|10 pages
TRAVEL AND THE BODY: CORPOREALITY, SPEED AND TECHNOLOGY
ByCHARLES FORSDICK
View abstract
chapter 8|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING AND VISUAL CULTURE
ByMARGARET TOPPING
View abstract
chapter 9|10 pages
TRAVEL WRITING: RECEPTION AND READERSHIP
ByROBIN JARVIS
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART II Historical Overviews
chapter 10|11 pages
TRAVEL WRITING IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
ByWILLIAM HUTTON
View abstract
chapter 11|13 pages
CHINESE TRAVEL WRITING
ByJAMES M. HARGETT
View abstract
chapter 12|14 pages
INDIAN TRAVEL WRITING
BySHOBHANA BHATTACHARJI
View abstract
chapter 13|13 pages
ARABIC TRAVEL WRITING, TO 1916
ByNABIL MATAR
View abstract
chapter 14|9 pages
EUROPEAN TRAVEL WRITING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
ByANTHONY BALE
View abstract
chapter 15|12 pages
WESTERN TRAVEL WRITING, 1450–1750
ByMATTHEW DAY
View abstract
chapter 16|12 pages
WESTERN TRAVEL WRITING, 1750–1950
ByBARBARA KORTE
View abstract
chapter 17|11 pages
African Travel Writing AEDÍN NÍ LOINGSIGH
View abstract
chapter 18|19 pages
TRAVEL WRITING NOW, 1950 TO THE PRESENT DAY
ByCARL THOMPSON
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART III Styles, Modes, Themes
chapter 19|10 pages
PILGRIMS
ByLAURA NENZI
View abstract
chapter 20|10 pages
DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS
ByPAUL SMETHURST
View abstract
chapter 21|9 pages
TRAVELLERS AND TOURISTS
ByZOË KINSLEY
View abstract
chapter 22|12 pages
PICTURESQUE TRAVEL: THE AESTHETICS AND POLITICS OF LANDSCAPE
ByELIZABETH A. BOHLS
View abstract
chapter 23|11 pages
GUIDEBOOKS
BySCOTT LADERMAN
View abstract
chapter 24|9 pages
THE ROMANTIC LITERARY TRAVEL BOOK
ByC.W. THOMPSON
View abstract
chapter 25|10 pages
MODERNIST TRAVEL WRITING
ByDAVID FARLEY
View abstract
chapter 26|10 pages
POSTMODERNIZING TRAVEL WRITING
ByMANFRED PFISTER
View abstract
chapter 27|10 pages
TRAVEL BLOGS
ByKYLIE CARDELL, KATE DOUGLAS
View abstract
chapter 28|10 pages
DARK TOURISM
ByJUSTIN D. EDWARDS
View abstract
chapter 29|11 pages
GAY TRAVEL WRITING: AN UNSTABLE CATEGORY?
ByGREGORY WOODS
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART IV Imagined Geographies
chapter 30|10 pages
ULTIMA THULE / THE NORTH
ByGRAHAM HUGGAN
View abstract
chapter 31|10 pages
EUROPE
ByWENDY BRACEWELL
View abstract
chapter 32|10 pages
NORTH AMERICA / USA
BySUSAN L. ROBERSON
View abstract
chapter 33|11 pages
LATIN AMERICA
ByJENNIFER HAYWARD
View abstract
chapter 34|12 pages
THE MIDDLE EAST
ByEVA JOHANNA HOLMBERG
View abstract
chapter 35|10 pages
INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
ByTABISH KHAIR
View abstract
chapter 36|10 pages
CHINA
ByJULIA KUEHN
View abstract
chapter 37|11 pages
AUSTRALIA
ByRICHARD WHITE, JUSTINE GREENWOOD
View abstract
chapter 38|10 pages
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
ByLAURA E. FRANEY
View abstract
chapter 39|10 pages
THE POLAR REGIONS
ByJANICE CAVELL
View abstract
chapter 40|9 pages
DESERTS
ByRUNE GRAULUND
View abstract
chapter 41|10 pages
MOUNTAINS
BySIMON BAINBRIDGE
View abstract
chapter 42|33 pages
THE SEA
BySTEVE MENTZ
View abstract
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