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Literary tourism and nineteenth-century culture [electronic resource] / edited by Nicola J. Watson.

Contributor(s): Watson, Nicola J, 1958- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Description: xi, 230 p. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Authors, English -- Homes and haunts -- Congresses | Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Congresses | Literary landmarks -- Congresses | Cultural geography -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses | Tourism -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses | Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- Congresses | United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- CongressesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.4/81909034 | 820.9008 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.
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306.4/81909034 | 820.9008 (Browse shelf) e-book SHTEx,70005,02,CL,PPT

Papers presented at the conference "Literary tourism and nineteenth-century culture", held in London at the Institute for English Studies in June 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.