Shifting lines in Anglophone travel writing

Some two decades ago, when travel writing was developing as a new field of research in France, the first obstacle many critics encountered was that of alighting on a precise and cohesive definition for this often-discredited genre, which appeared particularly hybrid and elusive. Jean-Didier Urbain’...

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Argitaratua izan da:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/erea,
Egile Nagusiak: GAY, Julie, GOURDON, Stéphanie
Formatua: Article ou chapitre numérique
Hizkuntza:Anglais
Argitaratua: E-rea 2024
Sarrera elektronikoa:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Gaia:Some two decades ago, when travel writing was developing as a new field of research in France, the first obstacle many critics encountered was that of alighting on a precise and cohesive definition for this often-discredited genre, which appeared particularly hybrid and elusive. Jean-Didier Urbain’s definition of travel is the starting point of the reflection in the introduction to the collection Seuils et traverses edited by Jan Borm (2002). Urbain explains that even before choosing a desti...