Scripted Geographies: Travel Writing by Ninteenth-Century Spanish Authors

Focusing on texts produced during a crucial period in the development of Spain’s modern consciousness at the close of its imperial age, Nunley (Romance languages, Spanish, U. of Vermont) demonstrates the ways writers’ strategies of travel representation reflected and participated in the process of cultural transformation. Nunley highlights the works of Mesonero Romanos, Galdós, Alarcón and Galiano. Distributed by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)