| LC control no. | gf2014026200 |
|---|---|
| Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
| Genre/Form term | Travel writing |
| Variant(s) | Travel literature Travel narratives Travelogs Travelogues |
| See also | Creative nonfiction |
| Scope note | Nonfiction travel writing, often presented in narrative form or as memoirs, focusing either on specific destinations or on the journeys themselves. |
| Found in | Cords, S.S. The real story: a guide to nonfiction reading interests, 2006: ch. 2 (travel writing often said to have originated in the fifth century B.C.E. with Herodotus; in the heyday of travel and exploration in the nineteenth century, writers focused on both the geographical descriptions and adventurous aspects of their travel; this is less true in today's "smaller" world but travel books highlighting new and exotic locales still exist; recent travelogues and travel narratives feature more subjective, memoir-like approaches; travel writers' widespread use and expected use of exaggeration, drama, and hyperbole, and their selective use and organization of facts add to their narrative appeal and the quickness of their pacing; travel subgenres include: armchair travel (focus on details of destination); adventures (emphasis on storytelling, related to true adventure genre); journey narratives; expatriate life; travel humor) Gòˆrlach, M. An alphabetical list of English text types, in Text types and the history of English, c2004: p. 84 (travelogue: film or illustrated lecture about places) The global politics of contemporary travel writing, 2006: p. 19 (the increasing popularity of travelogues in the context of mass tourism; travel writing remains popular because it feeds on images of otherness) The best American travel writing, 2000- The best travel writing, c2005- The best women's travel writing : true stories from around the world, 2005- LCSH (Travelers' writings. UF Travelogues (Travelers' writings); Writings of travelers. Here are entered collections of works written by travelers from several countries. Collections of works written by travelers from a specific country are entered under Travelers' writings qualified by the nationality of the travelers, e.g. Travelers' writings, American. ... Works on the authorship of writings by travelers that are often presented in narrative form or as memoirs are entered under Travel writing.) Reitz, J.M. ODLIS : online dictionary for library and information science, July 28, 2014 (travel book: A work of nonfiction in which the author describes, for the enjoyment and consideration of the reader, his or her travel experiences, usually in a specific region or country (a modern example: Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck). Travel books became popular in the 19th century when railroads and steamships made long-distance travel more accessible to writers.) Goodreads, Nov. 14, 2012 (number of books tagged with term: travel-writing, 4033; travelogues, 1639; travel-literature, 1244; travel-nonfiction, 15; travelers'-writings/travelers-writings: 0) Wikipedia, July 28, 2014 (Travel literature. The genre of travel literature includes outdoor literature, exploration literature, adventure literature, mountain literature, nature writing, and the guide book, as well as accounts of visits to foreign countries. The sub-genre of travel journals, diaries and direct records of a traveler's experiences, dates back to Pausanias in the 2nd century AD and James Boswell's 1786 Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides.) |
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