Описание: British Discovery Literature and the Rise of Global Commerce examines how, between 1680 and 1800, British maritime travellers became both friends and foes of the commercial state.
Описание: From reviews of the first edition: "Here's a gem of a book...all peppered with delightful notes from science fiction films, novels, and comics. I can't turn a page without finding a jewel." Clifford Stoll, University of California, Berkeley (author of "The Cuckoo's Egg")From the Foreword by Kip Thorne (author of "Black Holes and Time Warps"):"In browsing this revised edition, I have been struck by the richness and complexity of the tapestry of ideas that Nahin presents. His interweaving of physics and fiction is done adeptly and keeps the book flowing.... Like a good journalist, Nahin simply reports what he sees in the physics and science fiction literature, commenting lucidly and often pointedly on the interconnections, contradictions, and controversies, but leaving it to his readers to form their own final judgments.... Nahin's book, with its complex tapestry of ideas and possibilities, may well remain the most readable and complete treatise on time travel in science and science fiction." Time Machines explores the idea of time travel from the first account in English literature to the latest theories of physicists such as Kip Thorne and Igor Novikov. This fascinating and very accessible book covers a variety of topics including the history of time travel in fiction; the fundamental scientific concepts of time, space-time, and the fourth dimension; the speculations of Einstein, Richard Feynman, Kurt Goedel, and others; time travel paradoxes, and much more. The new edition is substantially enlarged and updated throughout.
Автор: Burton Название: Travel Narrative and the Ends of Modernity ISBN: 1107039312 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107039315 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14256.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This text traces the evolution of travel narratives through the twentieth century. It examines classics such as Lawrence`s Seven Pillars of Wisdom, experimental texts such as Auden`s collaborative Letters from Iceland, best-sellers such as Fleming`s Brazilian Adventure, and late-century work by Thubron, Iyer, Mahoney, Pham, and others.
Автор: Banco, Lindsey Michael Название: Travel and drugs in twentieth-century literature ISBN: 0415634237 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415634236 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines the connections between two disparate yet persistently bound thematics -- mobility and intoxication -- and explores their central yet frequently misunderstood role in constructing subjectivity following the 1960s.
Автор: Burton Название: Travel Narrative and the Ends of Modernity ISBN: 1107539757 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107539754 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This text traces the evolution of travel narratives through the twentieth century. It examines classics such as Lawrence`s Seven Pillars of Wisdom, experimental texts such as Auden`s collaborative Letters from Iceland, best-sellers such as Fleming`s Brazilian Adventure, and late-century work by Thubron, Iyer, Mahoney, Pham, and others.
Автор: Kamps Название: Travel Knowledge ISBN: 031222270X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780312222703 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15372.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Travel Knowledge examines European travel writing from 1500-1800, with an emphasis on travel to the East Indies, Africa, and the Levant.
Автор: Ingelbien Название: Irish Cultures of Travel ISBN: 113756783X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137567833 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9781.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book analyses travel texts aimed at the emergent Irish middle classes in the long nineteenth century. Unlike travel writing about Ireland, Irish travel writing about foreign spaces has been under-researched. Drawing on a wide range of neglected material and focusing on selected European destinations, this study draws out the distinctive features of an Irish corpus that often subverts dominant trends in Anglo-Saxon travel writing. As it charts Irish participation in a new ‘mass’ tourism, it shows how that participation led to heated ideological debates in Victorian and Edwardian Irish print culture. Those debates culminate in James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’, which is here re-read through new discursive contextualizations. This book sheds new light on middle-class culture in pre-independence Ireland, and on Ireland’s relation to Europe. The methodology used to define its Irish corpus also makes innovative contributions to the study of travel writing.
Автор: Morgan Название: National Identities and Travel in Victorian Britain ISBN: 0333719999 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333719992 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15372.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores components of national identity in Victorian Britain by analyzing travel literature.
Автор: P. Smethurst Название: Travel Writing and the Natural World, 1768-1840 ISBN: 1349440396 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349440399 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9781.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Taking as a starting point the parallel occurrence of Cook`s Pacific voyages, the development of natural history, scenic tourism in Britain, and romantic travel in Europe, this book argues that the effect of these practices was the production of nature as an abstract space and that the genre of travel writing had a central role in reproducing it.
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