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
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: pbk ISBN 9781845413477
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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ISBN 9781845413484
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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