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Geographies of Travel: Impressions of America in the Long Nineteenth Century

Geographies of Travel: Impressions of America in the Long Nineteenth Century

Roberson, Susan L.

Hardcover

Literary CriticismTravel General

Publisher Price: $55.00

ISBN10: 1648432581
ISBN13: 9781648432583
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: Dec 30 2024
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.54
Height: 1.26 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.29
Language: English

Travel writing was the most popular genre of writing in the nineteenth century. Initially published in newspapers and journals as dispatches from the road, these works allowed readers to join in on fabulous adventures by becoming armchair tourists--second-hand voyeurs of the peoples and places the writer visited. In order to take readers along on their journeys, travel writers typically recorded miles covered and dates of travel in a log or diary. They also documented key details of the experience itself, describing the conditions of the road, the people they met, and their accommodations, food, and clothing. The nineteenth century, specifically, offered a form of travel writing that commented on the ruined environment that ran afoul of the century's ethos of progress, with voices such as Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and John James Audubon exploring a newfound environmental consciousness.

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