The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914

The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914
Author: Gordon Norton Ray
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 390
Release: 1991-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780486269559

Combines essays, bibliographical descriptions, and 295 illustrations to chronicle a golden era in the art of the illustrated book. Artists range from Blake, Turner, Rowlandson, and Morris to Caldecott, Greenaway, Beardsley, and Rackham.

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.