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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460584503321

Autore

Pennell Elizabeth Robins <1855-1936, >

Titolo

A Canterbury pilgrimage : an Italian pilgrimage / / Elizabeth Robins Pennell & Joseph Pennell ; edited and with an introduction by Dave Buchanan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edmonton, Alberta : , : The University of Alberta Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-77212-094-4

1-77212-092-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Wayfarer series

Disciplina

914.204/81

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Contains reprint of A Canterbury pilgrimage and An Italian pilgrimage.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Note on the Text; A Canterbury Pilgrimage; An Italian Pilgrimage; Notes; Works Cited; Bibliography; Selected Early Cycle-Travel Literature to 1900 ; The Pennell's Cycling Publications; Non-Cycling Books by the Pennells; Index; About the Authors and Editor; Other Titles from The University of Alberta Press

Sommario/riassunto

The 1880s was an exhilarating time for cycling pioneers like Elizabeth and her husband Joseph Pennell. As boneshakers and high-wheelers evolved into tandem tricycles and the safety bike, cycling grew from child's play and extreme sport into a leisurely and, importantly, literary mode of transportation. The illustrated travel memoirs of "those Pennells" were--and still are--highly entertaining. They helped usher in the new age of leisure touring, while playfully hearkening back to famous literary journeys. In this new edition, Dave Buchanan provides rich cultural contexts surrounding the Pennell's first two adventures. These long out-of-print travel memoirs will delight avid cyclists as well as scholars of travel literature, cycling history, women's writing, Victorian literature, and illustration.