Abroad: British Literary Traveling Between The Wars
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Edition: Second Printing
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of cultural and literary criticism, Abroad: British Literary Traveling Between the Wars argues that the travel writing produced by British authors in the 1920s and 1930s represents a distinct and richly significant literary genre, born from the disillusionment of the post-WWI era and a desperate hunger for escape from a damaged civilization. Paul Fussell chronicles the journeys and writings of luminaries such as D.H. Lawrence, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and Robert Byron, illustrating how their wanderings abroad were as much psychological and spiritual quests as they were geographical ones. With sharp wit and formidable scholarly authority, Fussell draws a clear distinction between the mere tourist and the true traveler, presenting this interwar period as a golden age of travel writing that would be forever extinguished by the mechanization of modern tourism and the catastrophe of World War II. The prose is incisive and often delightfully acerbic, making it as pleasurable to read as the travel narratives it examines. Essential for lovers of literary history, cultural studies, and the art of travel writing, this work remains one of the most celebrated and enduring works of twentieth-century criticism.
Author: Paul Fussell
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Oxford University Press
Genre: Travel & exploration
Edition: Second Printing
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of cultural and literary criticism, Abroad: British Literary Traveling Between the Wars argues that the travel writing produced by British authors in the 1920s and 1930s represents a distinct and richly significant literary genre, born from the disillusionment of the post-WWI era and a desperate hunger for escape from a damaged civilization. Paul Fussell chronicles the journeys and writings of luminaries such as D.H. Lawrence, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and Robert Byron, illustrating how their wanderings abroad were as much psychological and spiritual quests as they were geographical ones. With sharp wit and formidable scholarly authority, Fussell draws a clear distinction between the mere tourist and the true traveler, presenting this interwar period as a golden age of travel writing that would be forever extinguished by the mechanization of modern tourism and the catastrophe of World War II. The prose is incisive and often delightfully acerbic, making it as pleasurable to read as the travel narratives it examines. Essential for lovers of literary history, cultural studies, and the art of travel writing, this work remains one of the most celebrated and enduring works of twentieth-century criticism.