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Travel writing, 1700-1830
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- Book Synopsis
- 'How is the mind agitated and bewildered, at being thus, as it were, placed on the borders of a new world!' - William Bartram 'Thus you see, dear sister, the manners of mankind do not differ so widely as our voyage writers would have us believe.' - Mary Wortley Montagu With widely varied motives - scientific curiosity, commerce, colonization, diplomacy, exploration, and tourism - British travellers fanned out to every corner of the world in the period the Critical Review labelled the 'Age of Peregrination'. The Empire, already established in the Caribbean and North America, was expanding in India and Africa and founding new outposts in the Pacific in the wake of Captain Cook's voyages. In letters, journals, and books, travellers wrote at first-hand of exotic lands and beautiful scenery, and encounters with strange peoples and dangerous wildlife. They conducted philosophical and political debates in print about slavery and the French Revolution, and their writing often affords unexpected insights into the writers themselves. This anthology brings together the best writing from authors such as Daniel Defoe, Celia Fiennes, Mary Wollstonecraft, Olaudah Equiano, Mungo Park, and many others, to provide a comprehensive selection from this emerging literary genre. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
- About The Author
- Elizabeth Bohls is the author of Women Travel Writers and the Language of Aesthetics, 1716-1818 (1995) and of articles on travel writing and the novel. Ian Duncan has edited editions by Conan Doyle, John Buchan, and Walter Scott for Oxford World's Classics and is the author of Scott's Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh (2005).
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- ISBN
- 9780199537525
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, (14 August 2008)
- Number of Pages
- 520
- Weight
- 413 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 195 x 128 x 31 mm
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