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Books and Travel: Inspiration, Quests and Transformation

Books and Travel: Inspiration, Quests and Transformation

Hardcover

Series: Tourism and Cultural Change, Book 31

Business GeneralLiterary CriticismAnthropology

ISBN10: 1845413482
ISBN13: 9781845413484
Publisher: Channel View
Published: Jul 20 2012
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.30
Language: English

The books that we read, whether travel-focused or not, may influence the way in which we understand the process or experience of travel. This multidisciplinary work provides a critical analysis of the inspirational and transformational role that books play in travel imaginings. Does reading a book encourage us to think of travel as exotic, adventurous, transformative, dangerous or educative? Do different genres of books influence a reader's view of travel in multifarious ways? These questions are explored through a literary analysis of an eclectic selection of books spanning the period from the eighteenth century to the present day. Genres covered include historical fiction, children's books, westerns, science-fiction and crime fiction.

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