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L’EDITORIA DI VIAGGIO NELL’ULTIMO QUINDICENNIO IN
ITALIASara Gaschi
Università degli Studi di Pavia Facoltà di Lettere e filosofia, Scienze politiche, Giurisprudenza, Ingegneria, Economia
Corso di Laurea Specialistica interfacoltà in Editoria e Comunicazione Multimediale
Relatore: Prof.ssa Giovanna Anna Modena
Correlatore: Prof. Marco Dotti
Anno Accademico 2008-2009
Key points:
The interest about travel literature
General features
Publishers' choices
Editorial promotion tools
Interviews
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There is a growing interdisciplinary interest about travel literature: Anthropology
Sociology
Philosophy
Literature
…because of its character of universal human experience
Correlated fields:
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Travel literature records the people, events, sights and feelings of an author who is touring a foreign place for the pleasure of travel. Travel literature is a travel writing considered to have value as literature.
Main features:
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A definition:
Main features:
2. Traveler's double view3. Reasons behind:
uneasiness hungering for knowledge breaking up with society being over 4. Fiction and non-fiction
1. Genres often overlap with no definite boundaries:
travelogue itinerary novel
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Someone of mayor publishers dedicates book series to travel literature:
Publishers’ choices:
Someone includes the books within a general series, “Narrative”:
Traveller (Feltrinelli) Contromano (Laterza)
Adelphi Einaudi
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Little publishers:
Publishers’ choices:
Many/a few of titles
Reprints of little known travels by great authors (Archinto – Orio Vergani)
Importance of placement (Ediciclo – travels by bicycle)
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By traditional motivations:
Types of travel:
Travel Bildungsroman Escape Pilgrim’s journey Exploration Flânerie
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By destinations:
Types of travel:
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Travel towards Orient Travel in the city Travel by different means of transport
Types of travel:
Reprinting of great authors’ travels
Viaggio in Italia by Guido Piovene for Baldini Castoldi Dalai
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Types of travel:
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Reportages
Editorial Promotion Tools:
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Book Fairs and Festivals
InterviewsWeb:
book trailers forum blog logbooks on websites (Lonely Planet)
Book Fairs and Festivals
Interviews
Book Fairs and Festivals
Points of view:
L’EDITORIA DI VIAGGIO NELL’ULTIMO QUINDICENNIO IN
ITALIASara Gaschi
Università degli Studi di Pavia Facoltà di Lettere e filosofia, Scienze politiche, Giurisprudenza, Ingegneria, Economia
Corso di Laurea Specialistica interfacoltà in Editoria e Comunicazione Multimediale
Relatore: Prof.ssa Giovanna Anna Modena
Correlatore: Prof. Marco Dotti
Anno Accademico 2008-2009