The Englishman's England: Taste, Travel and the Rise of Tourism - Couverture rigide

Ousby, Ian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521373743 ISBN 13 : 9780521373746

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

This fascinating and original study traces the English tourist industry from the eighteenth-century.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This fascinating and original study shows that the English tourist industry is not a peculiarly modern creation. Concentrating on four types of perennial tourist attraction - literary shrines, country houses, picturesque ruins, and the natural landscape - Ian Ousby identifies the canons of taste that made them objects of fashionable attention in the eighteenth-century, and records how they acquired the trappings of the full-blown tourist attraction. He traces the development not just of an industry but of a state of mind - marked from its earliest days by the haunting fear that tourism spoils and maybe even destroys the very things it most admires. The Englishman's England is highly illustrated throughout.

Biographie de l'auteur

Ian Ousby taught literature at universities in Britain and the USA before becoming a full-time writer on subjects both English and French. His wide range of books includes The Cambridge Guide to English Literature, Occupation, and, most recently, The Road to Verdun (Cape, January 2002).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521373743
• ISBN 13: 9780521373746
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 258
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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