The Resource Travellers' tales of wonder : Chatwin, Naipaul, Sebald, Simon Cooke
Travellers' tales of wonder : Chatwin, Naipaul, Sebald, Simon Cooke
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The item Travellers' tales of wonder : Chatwin, Naipaul, Sebald, Simon Cooke represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- This study challenges a sensibility of disenchantment with travel. It reassesses travel writing as an aesthetically and ethically innovative form in contemporary international literature, and demonstrates the crucial role of wonder in the travel narratives of writers such as Bruce Chatwin, V.S. Naipaul, and W.G. Sebald
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 202 pages)
- Note
- Based on author's PhD thesis, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Germany, 2010
- Contents
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- Introduction : the wonder that came later
- [pt.] I. 'Horizon of expectations' : travels in literary history. A question of form : genre and the journey
- 'An end to journeying' : travel and its discontents in late modernity
- Forms of recovery and renewal : travels in contemporary literature
- [pt.] II. Readings in contemporary travelers' tales of wonder. Bruce Chatwin and the 'modern WONDER VOYAGE' : In Patagonia (1977)
- V.S. Naipaul and the 'gift of wonder' : The enigma of arrival (1987)
- W.G. Sebald's travels through 'das unentdeckte Land' : Die Ringe des Saturn (1995)
- Afterword : the 'unlimited vicissitudes of travelling.'
- Isbn
- 9781299456600
- Label
- Travellers' tales of wonder : Chatwin, Naipaul, Sebald
- Title
- Travellers' tales of wonder
- Title remainder
- Chatwin, Naipaul, Sebald
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon Cooke
- Subject
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- Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989
- Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989
- Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- FICTION -- General
- History
- Naipaul, V. S, 1932-2018
- Naipaul, V. S., (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018
- Naipaul, V. S., (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018 -- Criticism and interpretation
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Sebald, W. G, 1944-2001
- Sebald, W. G., (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001
- Sebald, W. G., (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Travel in literature
- Travel in literature
- Travel writing
- Travel writing -- History
- Reiseliteratur
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This study challenges a sensibility of disenchantment with travel. It reassesses travel writing as an aesthetically and ethically innovative form in contemporary international literature, and demonstrates the crucial role of wonder in the travel narratives of writers such as Bruce Chatwin, V.S. Naipaul, and W.G. Sebald
- Cataloging source
- CDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cooke, Simon
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Chatwin, Bruce
- Naipaul, V. S.
- Sebald, W. G.
- Chatwin, Bruce
- Naipaul, V. S.
- Sebald, W. G.
- Sebald, W. G
- Chatwin, Bruce
- Naipaul, V. S
- Travel in literature
- Travel writing
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- FICTION
- Travel in literature
- Travel writing
- Reiseliteratur
- Label
- Travellers' tales of wonder : Chatwin, Naipaul, Sebald, Simon Cooke
- Note
- Based on author's PhD thesis, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Germany, 2010
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-196) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : the wonder that came later -- [pt.] I. 'Horizon of expectations' : travels in literary history. A question of form : genre and the journey -- 'An end to journeying' : travel and its discontents in late modernity -- Forms of recovery and renewal : travels in contemporary literature -- [pt.] II. Readings in contemporary travelers' tales of wonder. Bruce Chatwin and the 'modern WONDER VOYAGE' : In Patagonia (1977) -- V.S. Naipaul and the 'gift of wonder' : The enigma of arrival (1987) -- W.G. Sebald's travels through 'das unentdeckte Land' : Die Ringe des Saturn (1995) -- Afterword : the 'unlimited vicissitudes of travelling.'
- Control code
- ocn839386944
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 202 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781299456600
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt3432p8
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)839386944
- Label
- Travellers' tales of wonder : Chatwin, Naipaul, Sebald, Simon Cooke
- Note
- Based on author's PhD thesis, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Germany, 2010
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-196) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : the wonder that came later -- [pt.] I. 'Horizon of expectations' : travels in literary history. A question of form : genre and the journey -- 'An end to journeying' : travel and its discontents in late modernity -- Forms of recovery and renewal : travels in contemporary literature -- [pt.] II. Readings in contemporary travelers' tales of wonder. Bruce Chatwin and the 'modern WONDER VOYAGE' : In Patagonia (1977) -- V.S. Naipaul and the 'gift of wonder' : The enigma of arrival (1987) -- W.G. Sebald's travels through 'das unentdeckte Land' : Die Ringe des Saturn (1995) -- Afterword : the 'unlimited vicissitudes of travelling.'
- Control code
- ocn839386944
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 202 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781299456600
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt3432p8
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)839386944
Subject
- Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989
- Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989
- Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- FICTION -- General
- History
- Naipaul, V. S, 1932-2018
- Naipaul, V. S., (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018
- Naipaul, V. S., (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018 -- Criticism and interpretation
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Sebald, W. G, 1944-2001
- Sebald, W. G., (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001
- Sebald, W. G., (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Travel in literature
- Travel in literature
- Travel writing
- Travel writing -- History
- Reiseliteratur
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