Travel Writing and Re-Enactment

i. Travel Writing and Re-Enactment examines a popular body of genre writing that has received little scholarly attention, making it of interest to both an academic and a popular readership, as well as to aspiring travel writers.

ii. Travel Writing and Re-Enactment discusses contemporary authors who have received no critical attention to date, and therefore the book expands and updates our understanding of travel writing.

iii. Travel Writing and Re-Enactment traces the modern legacies of famous historical journeys and will be of interest to enthusiasts of prominent figures like Captain James Cook, Charles Darwin, and Ernest Shackleton.

iv. Travel Writing and Re-Enactment frames contemporary travel writing in different cultural contexts, including modernism, postmodernism, and performance studies, and will be useful to researchers and students working in a number of areas.

v. Travel that re-enacts famous journeys is a well-established sector of the tourism industry, and Travel Writing and Re-Enactment will help those who take such trips consider the intellectual aspects of their vacations.