Books and travel : inspiration, quests and transformation
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Books and travel : inspiration, quests and transformation
(Tourism and cultural change)
Channel View Publications, c2012
- : pbk
Available at 9 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The books that we read, whether travel-focused or not, may influence the way in which we understand the process or experience of travel. This multidisciplinary work provides a critical analysis of the inspirational and transformational role that books play in travel imaginings. Does reading a book encourage us to think of travel as exotic, adventurous, transformative, dangerous or educative? Do different genres of books influence a reader's view of travel in multifarious ways? These questions are explored through a literary analysis of an eclectic selection of books spanning the period from the eighteenth century to the present day. Genres covered include historical fiction, children's books, westerns, science-fiction and crime fiction.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction: Extraordinary Journeys
Chapter 2 - The Gift Shop at 221B Baker Street
Chapter 3 - A Misspent Youth (Children's Fiction and Travel)
Chapter 4 - Murder They Wrote
Chapter 5 - The Past is a Foreign Country
Chapter 6 - No Country for Old Men
Chapter 7 - Once Upon a Time in the West
Chapter 8 - The Explorer's Quest
Chapter 9 - Re-enacting the Past
Chapter 10 - Fantastic Journeys
Chapter 11 - Transformations
Chapter 12 - They All Lived Happily Ever After
Chapter 13 - Conclusion
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