British Narratives of Exploration

by Frédéric Regard

Features a collection of essays that focus on British travel narratives from the seventeenth through to the nineteenth centuries. This work investigates how the early explorers' sense of self was destabilised by encounters with the Other.

256 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2009

Reviews

[Greg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some excellent details on how writing was produced through stages of notebooks, journals, drafts, edits etc, focusing on "first encounters."