[DOWNLOAD] ~ Books and Travel * by Dr. Jennifer Laing & Dr. Warwick Frost ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Books and Travel
Author : Dr. Jennifer Laing & Dr. Warwick Frost
Release Date : January 20, 2012
Genre: Industries & Professions,Books,Business & Personal Finance,Nonfiction,Social Science,Sociology,Fiction & Literature,Historical,Literary Criticism,Society,
Pages : * pages
Size : 3161 KB

Description

The books that we read, whether travel-focused or not, may influence the way in which we understand the process or experience of travel. This multidisciplinary work provides a critical analysis of the inspirational and transformational role that books play in travel imaginings. Does reading a book encourage us to think of travel as exotic, adventurous, transformative, dangerous or educative? Do different genres of books influence a reader's view of travel in multifarious ways? These questions are explored through a literary analysis of an eclectic selection of books spanning the period from the eighteenth century to the present day. Genres covered include historical fiction, children's books, westerns, science-fiction and crime fiction.