Itinerary

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Origin

Latin itinerārium, n. use of neuter of itinerāri-us. Compare Old French itineraire a journey, an account of a journey or travel.

Definitions

  • 1: the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one
  • 2: a travel diary
  • 3: a traveler's guidebook

Description

Travel literature is travel writing aspiring to literary value. Travel literature typically records the experiences of an author touring a place for the pleasure of travel. An individual work is sometimes called a travelogue or itinerary. Travel literature may be cross-cultural or transnational in focus, or may involve travel to different regions within the same country. Accounts of spaceflight may also be considered travel literature.

Literary travelogues generally exhibit a coherent narrative or aesthetic beyond the logging of dates and events as found in travel journals or a ship's log. Travel literature is closely associated with outdoor literature and the genres often overlap with no definite boundaries. Another sub-genre, invented in the 19th century, is the guide book.[1]