{"product_id":"the-contemporary-anglophone-travel-novel-9780415955492","title":"The Contemporary Anglophone Travel Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Contemporary Anglophone Travel Novel examines the aesthetics of adventure travel since World War II by exploring the many referents travelers evoke as they imagine their escapes: the lingering memory of the war, the disintegration of empire, and the rapid growth of capitalism and commercial culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"well-grounded, systematically organized, and intriguingly new conceptualizations of postmodern subjectivity and the adventure travel genre with wide interdisciplinary appeal.\" -- \u003ci\u003eModern Fiction Studies, Kristine A. Wilson, Purdue University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: A Point of Entry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Introduction: Adventure Travel, Leisure Practice and Social Critique\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: The Contemporary Crusoe: Obsessionality and Adventure Travel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Postmodern Pilgrimages: Conversion and Cross-Cultural Encounter in the Hysterical Travel Narrative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: The Self in Ruins: Mourning and Melancholia in Contemporary Travel Writing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Conclusion: Negation as a Lived Critique of Global Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402160578903,"sku":"9780415955492","price":176.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-contemporary-anglophone-travel-novel-9780415955492","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}