Travel Writing and Tourism in Britain and Ireland

Travel Writing and Tourism in Britain and Ireland
Author: Benjamin Colbert
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2011-12-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230355064

From the mid-eighteenth century to the twentieth, tourism became established as a leisure industry and travel writing as a popular genre. In this collection of essays, leading international historians and travel writing experts examine the role of home tourism in the UK and Ireland in the development of national identities and commercial culture.

George Cruikshank

George Cruikshank
Author: W. H. Chesson
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2022-05-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

George Cruikshank is a biography by W.H. Chesson. Cruikshank was a British caricaturist and book illustrator whose work reached international audiences, here meticulously analyzed.

Landscape - Historical Illustrations Of Scotland, And The Waverley Novels

Landscape - Historical Illustrations Of Scotland, And The Waverley Novels
Author: George Newenham Wright
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781019727652

This stunning volume collects landscape paintings and illustrations of Scotland by famed artists J.M.W. Turner and others, accompanied by descriptions by Scottish novelist Walter Scott and scholar George Newenham Wright. The book features scenes from Scott's Waverley Novels as well as landscapes and cityscapes from across Scotland. With full-color reproductions and detailed commentary, Landscape is a must-have for lovers of Scottish art and literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.