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William Wordsworth and the invention of tourism, 1820-1900
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William Wordsworth and the invention of tourism, 1820-1900 / Saeko Yoshikawa, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Japan.
ISBN
1315547104 (electronic bk.)
9781315547107 (electronic bk.)
1472420136
9781472420138
Publication
Farnham Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2014]
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 268 pages : : illustrations.)
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Summary
In her study of the opening of the English Lake District to mass tourism, Saeko Yoshikawa examines William Wordsworth's role in the rise and development of the region as a popular destination. For the middle classes on holiday, guidebooks not only offered practical information, but they also provided a fresh motive and a new model of appreciation by associating writers with places. The nineteenth century saw the invention of Robert Burns's and Walter Scott's Borders, Shakespeare's Stratford, and the Bronte Country as holiday locales for the middle classes. Investigating the international cult of Wordsworthian tourism, Yoshikawa shows both how Wordsworth's public celebrity was constructed through the tourist industry and how the cultural identity of the Lake District was influenced by the poet's presence and works. Informed by extensive archival work, her book provides an original case study of the contributions of Romantic writers to the invention of middle-class tourism and the part guidebooks played in promoting the popular reputations of authors.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-245) and index.
Contents
Through a painter's eyes : an 1850 Wordsworth album
Wordsworth in the guides. From picturesque to poetic : Wordsworth in the guides, up to 1850 ; Wordsworthian tourism : Wordsworth in the guides, from 1850
Wordsworth's four principal houses in the Lake District. Rydal Mount and Dove Cottage : opening the poet's gardens ; Cockermouth and Hawkshead : celebrating the poet's childhood
The popular reception of Wordsworth. Reminiscences of Wordsworth ; The Wordsworth country illustrated
By the Lakes : through the eyes of a Japanese Wordsworthian traveller.
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