Travellers' Tales of Wonder
Download or Read eBook Travellers' Tales of Wonder PDF written by Simon Cooke and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-22 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Simon Cooke |
| Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 217 |
| Release | : 2013-02-22 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780748675470 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0748675477 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Travellers' Tales of Wonder by : Simon Cooke
Book excerpt: Exploring travellers' tales of wonder in contemporary literature, this study challenges a sensibility of disenchantment with travel. It reassesses travel writing as an aesthetically and ethically innovative form in contemporary international literature, and demonstrates the crucial role of wonder in the travel narratives of writers such as Bruce Chatwin, V.S. Naipaul, and W.G. Sebald. Their 'travellers' tales of wonder' are read as a challenge to the hubris of thinking the world too well known, and an invitation to encounter the world - including its most troubling histories - with a sense of wonder.
