ENGLISH

The Literary Tourist: Readers and Places in Romantic and Victorian Britain

By Nicola J. Watson

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2006
ISBN
1403999929, 9781403999924, 9780230584563
Open Library ID
OL15985207M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1877342 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
256\253
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

You've already read the book - why visit the place? When and why did readers start visiting sites with literary associations - whether writers' graves, birthplaces, houses, or the setting of their novels? This original, witty, illustrated study offers the first analytical history of the rise and development of literary tourism in nineteenth-century Britain, associated with authors from Shakespeare, Gray, Keats and Burns to Scott, the Brontë sisters, and Thomas Hardy. Indispensable for the student of literature, the travel literature and the tourism of the nineteenth century.

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