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S/LI/344. 'It is enough to make the journey'. How important was destination to our authors?

WORDS:
1700
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The paper looks at the travel literature examining the approaches to destination and journey and arguing whether the destination is always the sole purpose of a journey. The journey of the 17th century traveller Mary Rowlandson is described considering the process of discovery during the journey. The sub-genre of travel guidebook is discussed.

 

KEYWORDS: travel literature, destination, journey,

 
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