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.