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The Literary Tourist
Nicola J. Watson
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Description for The Literary Tourist
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; KNSG; WTLC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
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, Burns and Scott, the Brontë sisters, and Thomas Hardy. Invaluable for the student of travel and literature of the nineteenth century.
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, Burns and Scott, the Brontë sisters, and Thomas Hardy. Invaluable for the student of travel and literature of the nineteenth century.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403999924
SKU
V9781403999924
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Nicola J. Watson
NICOLA J. WATSON has taught at Oxford and Harvard, and is currently Senior Lecturer in Literature at the Open University. Her publications include Revolution and the Form of the British Novel, 1790-1825 (1994), At the Limits of Romanticism: Essays in Cultural, Materialist, and Feminist Criticism (with Mary Favret, 1994), an edition of Walter Scott's The Antiquary (2002) and England's Elizabeth: ... Read more
Reviews for The Literary Tourist
'absorbing, well-researched and informative' - The Yorkshire Post 'pioneering work...an exceptionally accessible and entertaining work of scholarship' - Samantha Matthews, TLS 'Watson has produced a book likely to interest readers in both the literary and tourist domains, and a study worth putting on the shelves of academic and public libraries.' - Stuart Hannabuss, Library ... Read more