Perspectives on mobility /:

Literature as cultural discourse has always courted mobility. From the nomadic wanderings of the heroes of Homer and Virgil through the adventures of the medieval knight-errants to the travellers of modern times, movement and mobility have been constitutive elements of story-telling. Since writers h...

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Weitere Verfasser: Berensmeyer, Ingo, Ehland, Christoph
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Rodopi, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:Spatial practices ; 17.
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Zusammenfassung:Literature as cultural discourse has always courted mobility. From the nomadic wanderings of the heroes of Homer and Virgil through the adventures of the medieval knight-errants to the travellers of modern times, movement and mobility have been constitutive elements of story-telling. Since writers have begun to explore the experiential dimension of movement their texts have embraced the essential changeability and instability of 'mobile worlds'. In this sense literature reflects and processes the transformative force of movement on the perception of the world and is part of the broader cultura.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9401209642
9789401209649

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