Books and Travel : : Inspiration, Quests and Transformation / / Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Laing, Jennifer,; Frost, Warwick,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Tourism and Cultural Change ; 31
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1. Introduction: Extraordinary Journeys --; 2. The Gift Shop at 221B Baker Street --; 3. A Misspent Youth (Children's Fiction and Travel) --; 4. Murder They Wrote --; 5. The Past is a Foreign Country --; 6. No Country for Old Men --; 7. Once Upon a Time in the West --; 8. The Explorer's Quest --; 9. Re-enacting the Past --; 10. Fantastic Journeys --; 11. Transformations --; 12. They All Lived Happily Ever After --; 13. Conclusion --; Books --; Secondary References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845413491; 9783110754377
• DOI: 10.21832/9781845413491
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost.

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.