Travel writing has always been intimately linked with the construction of American identity. Occupying the space between fact and fiction, it exposes cultural f

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This Companion addresses an exciting emerging field of literary scholarship that charts the intersections of postcolonial studies and travel writing.

Travel writing has always been intimately linked with the construction of American identity. These specially-commissioned essays trace the journeys taken by wri

A comprehensive, chronological overview of American literature in three scholarly and authoritative volumes A Companion to American Literature traces the histor