William Wordsworth and modern travel railways, motorcars and the Lake District, 1830-1940.

This book explores Wordsworth's extraordinary influence on the tourist landscape of the Lake District throughout the age of railways, motorcars and the First World War. It explores how patterns of tourist behaviour and environmental awareness changed in the century of popular tourism, examining...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yoshikawa, Saeko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020.
Colección:Romantic reconfigurations.
Temas:
Wordsworth, William, > 1770-1850 > Influence.
Wordsworth, William, > 1770-1850
Tourism > England > History.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Tourism
Lake District (England)
Lake District (Angleterre)
England
England > Lake District
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction
  • 1. Wordsworth and Railways
  • 2. The Railway Controversy in Wordsworth's Lake District
  • 3. The Arrival of Motorcars
  • 4. Romantic Motorists, Romantic Cyclists
  • 5. The First World War and the Lake District
  • 6. Post-War Motoring in the Lake District, the 1920s and 1930s
  • 7. Wordsworthian Tourism in the Interwar Period
  • Epilogue: 'Access for All'
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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