Literary tourism and nineteenth-century culture / / edited by Nicola J. Watson

• Pubblicazione: Basingstoke [England] ; ; New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2009.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/81909034; 820.9008
• Soggetto topico: Authors, English - Homes and haunts; Authors, American - Homes and haunts; Literary landmarks; Cultural geography - History - 19th century; Tourism - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century Congresses; United States Intellectual life 19th century Congresses
• Altri autori: WatsonNicola J. <1958->
• Note generali: Papers presented at the conference "Literary tourism and nineteenth-century culture", held in London at the Institute for English Studies in June 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: From early modern to Romantic literary tourism : a diachronical perspective / Harald Hendrix -- Making their mark : writing the poet's grave / Samantha Matthews -- The land of Burns : between myth and heritage / Karyn Wilson-Costa -- Literary biography and the house of the poet / Julian North -- The author's house : Abbotsford and Wayside / Erin Hazard -- Bringing down the house : restoring the birthplace / Julia Thomas -- Ghosting grasmere : the musealisation of Dove Cottage / Polly Atkin -- Women re-read Shakespeare country / Gail Marshall -- John Murray's Handbooks to Italy : making tourism literary / Barbara Schaff -- Selling literary tourism in The bookman / Margaret D. Stetz -- Elizabeth Gaskell and literary tourism / Pamela Corpron Parker -- Rambles in literary London / Nicola J. Watson -- Time-travel in Dickens' world / Alison Booth -- Wessex, literary pilgrims, and Thomas Hardy / Sara Haslam -- Americans and anti-tourism / Shirley Foster -- How America 'inherited' literary tourism / Paul Westover -- Harriet Beecher Stowe and Florida tourism / Diane Roberts -- On the trail of Rider Haggard in South Africa / Lindy Stiebel.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers both an introduction to the vibrant field of literary tourism studies and a selection of cutting-edge cross-disciplinary research. Indispensable for students and scholars of nineteenth-century literature and culture, it provides fascinating insights into the reception of, amongst others, Shakespeare, Dickens, Byron and Wordsworth.
• Titolo autorizzato: Literary tourism and nineteenth-century culture
• ISBN: 1-282-50447-9; 9786612504471; 0-230-23410-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910511410303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II