William Wordsworth and the invention of tourism, 1820-1900
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William Wordsworth and the invention of tourism, 1820-1900
Routledge, 2016, c2014
- : hbk
Available at 2 libraries
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"First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing. Published 2016 by Routledge"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-245) and index
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Description
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 BrontA" 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.
Table of Contents
- Preface, Saeko Yoshikawa
- Introduction, Saeko Yoshikawa
- Chapter 1 Through a Painter's Eyes: An 1850 Wordsworth Album, Saeko Yoshikawa
- Part 1 Wordsworth in the Guides
- Chapter 2 From Picturesque to Poetic: Wordsworth in the Guides, up to 1850, Saeko Yoshikawa
- Chapter 3 Wordsworthian Tourism: Wordsworth in the Guides, from 1850, Saeko Yoshikawa
- Part 2 Wordsworth's Four Principal Houses in the Lake District
- Chapter 4 Rydal Mount and Dove Cottage: Opening the Poet's Gardens, Saeko Yoshikawa
- Chapter 5 Cockermouth and Hawkshead: Celebrating the Poet's Childhood, Saeko Yoshikawa
- Part 3 The Popular Reception of Wordsworth
- Chapter 6 Reminiscences of Wordsworth, Saeko Yoshikawa
- Chapter 7 The Wordsworth Country Illustrated, Saeko Yoshikawa
- Chapter 8 By the Lakes: Through the Eyes of a Japanese Wordsworthian Traveller, Saeko Yoshikawa Key Texts, Arranged in Chronological Order, 1752-1900, Saeko Yoshikawa
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