Voyages And Visions

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1999
Edition: First Edition

Description: 344 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Essential Reading For Anyone Interested In Travel And Travel Literature.

Publishers Description: With essays by Kasia Boddy, Michael Bravo, Peter Burke, Melissa Calaresu, Jesus Maria Carillo Castillo, Peter Hansen, Edward James, Nigel Leask, Joan-Pau Rubies and Wes Williams A much-needed contribution to the expanding interest in the history of travel and travel writing, Voyages and Visionsis the first attempt to sketch a cultural history of travel from the sixteenth century to the present day. The essays address the theme of travel as a historical, literary and imaginative process, focusing on significant episodes and encounters in world history. The contributors to this collection include historians of art and of science, anthropologists, literary critics and mainstream cultural historians. Their essays encompass a challenging range of subjects, including the explorations of South America, India and Mexico; mountaineering in the Himalayas; space travel; science fiction; and American post-war travel fiction. Voyages and Visionsis truly interdisciplinary, and essential reading for anyone interested in travel writing.

ISBN: 9781861890207