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Curiosity and the Aesthetics of Travel-Writing, 1770-1840

- 'From an Antique Land'

About Curiosity and the Aesthetics of Travel-Writing, 1770-1840

A study of the Romantic obsession with the "antique lands" of Ethiopia, Egypt, India, and Mexico, this title draws on both original texts and modern scholarship. It focuses on the unstable discourse of "curiosity" to offer a reformulation of the relations between literature, aesthetics and colonialism in the period.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780199247004
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 348
  • Published:
  • January 10, 2002
  • Dimensions:
  • 163x236x25 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 644 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: October 24, 2024

Description of Curiosity and the Aesthetics of Travel-Writing, 1770-1840

A study of the Romantic obsession with the "antique lands" of Ethiopia, Egypt, India, and Mexico, this title draws on both original texts and modern scholarship. It focuses on the unstable discourse of "curiosity" to offer a reformulation of the relations between literature, aesthetics and colonialism in the period.

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