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Travel in twentieth-century French and Francophone cultures : the persistence of diversity /

Drawing on a varied range of material - including early African travel narratives, post-war accounts of journeys in Citroen 2CVs, travel stories of immigrant workers, and contemporary Polynesian literature, this book offers one of the first studies of 20th-century French travel literature.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Forsdick, Charles
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
French prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Travelers' writings, French > History and criticism.
Prose française > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de voyageurs français > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
French prose literature
Travelers' writings, French
Letterkunde.
Frans.
Reizen.
French Literature.
Romance Literatures.
Languages & Literatures.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Drawing on a varied range of material - including early African travel narratives, post-war accounts of journeys in Citroen 2CVs, travel stories of immigrant workers, and contemporary Polynesian literature, this book offers one of the first studies of 20th-century French travel literature.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 255 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-248) and index.
ISBN:1423769708
9781423769705
9780191698538
0191698539