Description
The first major study of travel writing as a literary form and of travel as a cultural phenomenon. Weaving biography, history, and literary criticism together, Cocker explores the lives and works of a dozen major explorer/writers and paints fascinating portraits of the places that have obsessed them. Photographs.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
320 pages
Language
English
Published
Mar 28, 1994
Publisher
Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
0436201690
ISBN-13
9780436201691