Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index.
Contents:
The language of travel : the practical and the picturesque -- Ordinary travel : public houses and travel conditions -- Writing into the Ohio frontier : genteel expectations and rustic realities -- Literary crossroads : travel narrative, poetry, and novel -- Capturing experience : travel narrative and letter, a comparative view.
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