The Literary Tourist: Readers and Places in Romantic & Victorian Britain

You've already read the book - why visit the place? When and why did readers start visiting sites with literary associations - whether writers' graves, birthplaces, houses, or the setting of their novels? 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 and Burns to Scott, the Brontë sisters, and Thomas Hardy. Indispensable for the student of literature, the travel literature and the tourism of the nineteenth century. This 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 And Burns To Scott, The Bronte Sisters And Thomas Hardy. Arguing For The Twin Importance Of The Rise Of Authorial Biography And Realist Fiction In Constructing Tourist Sentiment, Practice And Sites, This Book Also Offers A Survey Of The Unjustly Neglected Literary Genres Associated With Such Tourism - Guidebooks, Travel Memoirs, Essays On The 'homes And Haunts' Of Authors And Full-length Studies Of 'literary Geographies'. Indispensable For Students Of The Literature, The Travel Literature, And The Tourism Of The Nineteenth-century.--book Jacket. Pt. 1. Placing The Author -- An Anthology Of Corpses -- Poets Cornered -- Grave Matters -- In A Country Churchyard -- In A City Cemetery -- Cradles Of Genius -- Shakespeare's Birthplace -- Burns's Birthplace -- ʻthe Land Of Burns' And ʻshakespeare's Stratford' -- Homes And Haunts -- Abbotsford -- Haworth -- Pt. 2. Locating The Fictive -- Ladies And Lakes La Nouvelle Hélöise (1761) -- The Lady Of The Lake (1810) -- Lorna Doone (1869) -- Literary Geographies -- Literary Countries -- Hardy's Wessex -- Epilogue: Enchanted Places And Never-never Lands. Nicola J. Watson. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. You've already read the book - why visit the place? Yet thousands every year make pilgrimage to literary graves, houses, and landscapes located across Britain. This book, available in paperback for the first time, tells the story of how readers started visiting sites with bookish associations, describing the rise and development of literary tourism in nineteenth-century Britain around authors from Shakespeare, Gray, Keats and Burns to Scott, the Brontë sisters, and Thomas Hardy. It shows how authorial biography and realist fiction came to shape tourist sentiments, practices, and sites, and explores the unjustly neglected texts associated with literary tourism - guidebooks, travel memoirs, essays on the homes and haunts of authors, full-length studies of literary geographies - as well as the sites themselves, from Poets' Corner to Beatrix Potter's house. Indispensable for anyone interested in the literature, the travel literature and the tourism of the nineteenth-century, and a thought-provoking read for all today's literary tourists Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction....Pages 1-20 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 An Anthology of Corpses....Pages 23-55 Cradles of Genius....Pages 56-89 Homes and Haunts....Pages 90-127 Front Matter....Pages 129-129 Ladies and Lakes....Pages 131-168 Literary Geographies....Pages 169-200 Epilogue: Enchanted Places & Never—Never Lands....Pages 201-212 Back Matter....Pages 213-244 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 Bronte sisters, and Thomas Hardy. Invaluable for the student of travel and literature of the nineteenth century. This original, witty, illustrated study, now available for the first time in paperback, 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 This original, witty, illustrated study, now available for the first time in paperback,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 Bronte sisters, and Thomas Hardy. This original, witty, illustrated study, now available for the first time in paperback, 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 Bronte sisters, and Thomas Hardy