Romantic Readers and Transnatlantic Travel Imagining America. 1760-1840 |
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| Author:
| Jarvis, Robin |
| Series title: | Ashgate Ser. in Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-9517-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2012 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $114.95 |
Book Description:
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Robin Jarvis addresses a significant gap in scholarship on travel writing: its contemporary reception. Referencing reviews in the periodical press, personal journals, letters, autobiographies, and bibliographical evidence relating to the production, distribution, and reception of travel literature, Jarvis focuses on the ideas and perceptions of North America expressed by individuals who never visited the subcontinent. His book constitutes the most thorough exploration to date of the...
More DescriptionRobin Jarvis addresses a significant gap in scholarship on travel writing: its contemporary reception. Referencing reviews in the periodical press, personal journals, letters, autobiographies, and bibliographical evidence relating to the production, distribution, and reception of travel literature, Jarvis focuses on the ideas and perceptions of North America expressed by individuals who never visited the subcontinent. His book constitutes the most thorough exploration to date of the private reading experiences of travel literature during the Romantic period.