Books and Travel : : Inspiration, Quests and Transformation / / 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 e...
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| 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 ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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