The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing is both the ideal springboard for
beginners new to the genre and an important resource for established
researchers. Covering a broad range of historical, theoretical and cultural
contexts for the study of travel writing, and combining critical surveys with
close readings of individual travelogues, the volume provides a prospectus to
the genre that reflects the very latest thinking in the field.
The Companion's four sections look in turn at:
* Key Debates & Critical Approaches – summarizing crucial debates in the field,
and exploring a range of critical methodologies relevant to the study of
travel