New Directions in Travel Writing Studies
This collection focuses attention on theoretical approaches to travel writing, with the aim to advance the discourse. Internationally renowned, as well as emerging, scholars establish a critical milieu for travel writing studies, as well as offer a set of
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New Directions in Travel Writing Studies Edited by
Julia Kuehn Associate Professor of English, University of Hong Kong
Paul Smethurst Associate Professor of English, University of Hong Kong
Selection, introduction and editorial matter © Julia Kuehn and Paul Smethurst 2015 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-45757-8 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-56767-6 ISBN 978-1-137-45725-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137457257 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data New directions in travel writing studies / [edited by] Julia Kuehn, Associate Professor of English, University of Hong Kong; Paul Smethurst, Associate Professor of English, University of Hong Kong. pages cm ISBN 978-1-349-56767-6 1. Travel writing—History. I. Kuehn, Julia, editor. II. Smethurst, Paul, editor. PN56.T7N49 2015 2015005426 809 .93355—dc23
Contents
List of Illustrations
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Notes on Contributors
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Introduction Julia Kuehn and Paul Smethurst
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Part I Textuality 1 ‘A Study rather than a Rapture’: Isabella Bird on Japan Steve Clark 2 On Top of the World: Tourist’s Spectacular Self-Locations as Multimodal Travel Writing Crispin Thurlow and Adam Jaworski 3 The Garden of Forking Paths: Paratexts in Travel Literature Alex Watson
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Part II Topology 4 Metaphor, Travel, and the (Un)making of the Steppe Joseph Gualtieri
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5 ‘That mighty
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