Travel narrative and the ends of modernity /

Burton, Stacy.

Travel narrative and the ends of modernity / Stacy Burton, University of Nevada. - 1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781107420960


Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism.
Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)
Postmodernism (Literature)
Travel in literature.
Travel writing--History.


Electronic books.

PR756.T72 / B87 2014

820.9/32