The new edition of Travel Writing is an accessible and interdisciplinary guide to this prolific and popular literary genre. Carl Thompson offers a clear and concise overview of the long history of travel writing from the ancient world to the present day.

Considering a wide range of primary sources from Sir Walter Raleigh to Jenny Diski, the extensively updated second edition:

With a comprehensive glossary and further reading, Travel Writing, Second Edition is an ideal primer to the genre for students – bridging the gap between distant times and distant places – as well as offering literary studies scholars an essential overview of current debates in the field.