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3 giorni fa · In his travelogues, Andersen used contemporary conventions related to travel writing but developed the style to make it his own. Each of his travelogues combines documentary and descriptive accounts of his experiences, adding additional philosophical passages on topics such as authorship, immortality, and fiction in literary travel ...
19 ore fa · The first story to address the logical paradoxes inherent in the concept of time travel. 1892. Golf in the Year 2000. J. McCullough. A man falls asleep in 1892 and wakes up in the year 2000. Trains are supersonic, and golf and politics are the only activities not yet dominated by masculinized women.
28 mag 2024 · Gulliver’s Travels, four-part satirical work by Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift, published anonymously in 1726 as Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. A keystone of English literature, it is one of the books that contributed to the emergence of the novel as a literary form in English. A parody of the then popular ...
21 mag 2024 · Paul Theroux, American novelist and travel writer known for his highly personal observations on many locales. His works included the novels The Mosquito Coast (1982) and Under the Wave at Waimea (2021) and the travel books The Great Railway Bazaar (1975) and Deep South (2015).
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23 mag 2024 · Travel fiction is a genre of creative writing that focuses on the settings of an unusual environment. The setting for travel fiction can influence the mood, themes, and actions of the plot, as well as provide a metaphor or overarching image for the story itself.
29 mag 2024 · Key takeaway: Travel writing is a powerful tool for promoting cultural understanding and empathy, inspiring exploration and adventure, preserving memories and experiences, supporting the travel industry, and providing entertainment and education to readers.
2 giorni fa · Humboldt was eager to travel not just to the Urals, but also across the steppes of Siberia to Russia's border with China. Humboldt wrote Cancrin saying that he intended to learn Russian to read mining journals in the language.
