Arabian desert in English travel writing since 1950 : a barren legacy? /
Broadly this book is about the Arabian desert as the locus of exploration by a long tradition of British travellers that includes T.E. Lawrence and Wilfred Thesiger. More specifically, it is about those who, since 1950, have followed in their literary footsteps. In analyzing modern works covering a...
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New York :
Routledge,
[2023].
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| Series: | Routledge research in travel writing.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Arabia, the Land of Legend
- In Literary Footsteps : The Prevalence of "Second Journeys"
- Desert and Sown : The Narration of Progress and Modernity
- Gendering the Desert : Women and Desert Narratives
- Wonderment and Wilderness : Desert Science Writing
- Desert as Shared Space.