Title The contemporary Anglophone travel novel : the aesthetics of self-fashioning in the era of globalization / Stephen M. Levin

Published New York : Routledge, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 185 pages) Series Literary criticism and cultural theory Literary criticism and cultural theory. Contents Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface: A Point of Entry; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction: Adventure Travel, Leisure Practice and Social Critique; Chapter Two The Contemporary Crusoe: Obsessionality and Adventure Travel; Chapter Three Postmodern Pilgrimages: Conversion and Cross-Cultural Encounter in the Hysterical Travel Narrative; Chapter Four The Self in Ruins: Mourning and Melancholia in Contemporary Travel Writing; Chapter Five Conclusion: Negation as a Lived Critique of Global Culture; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author Summary The Contemporary Anglophone Travel Novel examines the aesthetics of adventure travel since World War II by exploring the many referents travelers evoke as they imagine their escapes: the lingering memory of the war, the disintegration of empire, and the rapid growth of capitalism and commercial culture Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-177) and index Notes Print version record Subject 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. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Adventure and adventurers in literature Alienation (Social psychology) in literature American fiction Culture and globalization English fiction Self in literature Travel in literature Travel -- Psychological aspects Travel -- Social aspects Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203928561 0203928563 0415955491 9780415955492 9786611394561 6611394567

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