Download or read book The Journey Narrative in American Literature written by Janis P. Stout and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1983-12-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stout seeks to survey the uses of the journey narrative as a structural and thematic device in American fiction and poetry. She identifies basic patterns -- exploration, escape, journey of home founding, and the limitless journey of wandering without direction or destination -- and indicates the breadth and variety of its occurrence with illustrations. She also examines its use in a few novels, and in the poetry of Hart Crane and Wallace Stevens.