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Author:
Burton, Stacy.
Title:
Travel narrative and the ends of modernity / Stacy Burton, University of Nevada.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
ix, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism.
Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)
Postmodernism (Literature)
Travel in literature.
Travel writing--History.
Literature.
Modernism (Literature)
Postmodernism (Literature)
Travel.
Travel writing.
Travelers' writings, American.
Travelers' writings, English.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Critical paradigms and problems -- The privilege -and problem- of narrative authority -- Modernist and postmodernist travels -- Nostalgia and the spectacle of modernity -- Perpetual wartime -- The allure of authenticity.
Series:
Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
ISBN:
1107039312 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781107039315 (hardback : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)849740793
LCCN:
2013020641
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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