Description: The Suffering Traveller and the Romantic Imagination by Carl Thompson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Carl Thompson explores the romance that can attach to the notion of suffering in travel, and the importance of the persona of 'suffering traveller' in the Romantic self-fashionings of figures such as Wordsworth and Byron. Situating such self-fashionings in the context of the upsurge of tourismin the late eighteenth century, he shows how the Romantics sought to differentiate themselves from mere tourists by following alternative models, and alternative travel 'scripts', in both their travelling and their travel writing. In a rejection of the more conventional roles of picturesque touristand Grand Tourist, Romantic travellers often preferred to style themselves as heroic explorers, oppressed and endangered mariners, even shipwreck victims. The Suffering Traveller and the Romantic Imagination accordingly returns to the sub-genres of Romantic-era travel writing - the shipwrecknarrative, the exploration narrative, the captivity narrative, and the like - that first kindled the Romantic fascination with these figures, to consider the travel scripts seemingly enabled by this source material. Paying particular attention to the narratives of shipwreck and maritime sufferingthat were a hugely popular part of Romantic-era print culture, and to the equally popular narrative of exploration, the book considers firstly the examples, traditions, and conventions that trained Romantic travellers to think that misadventure as much as adventure could be a route to visionaryexperience and literary authority. It then explores the political resonance that the figure of the suffering traveller could possess in this Revolutionary era, before treating Wordsworth and Byron as especiallyinfluential examples of the 'misadventurous' tendency in Romanticism. In so doing, TheSuffering Traveller and the Romantic Imagination offers interesting new perspectives not only on British Romanticism and on travel writing of the Romantic era, but also on many attitudes, practices, and typologies still current in travel and tourism. Publisher Description Carl Thompson explores the romance that can attach to the notion of suffering in travel, and the importance of the persona of suffering traveller in the Romantic self-fashionings of figures such as Wordsworth and Byron. Situating such self-fashionings in the context of the upsurge of tourism in the late eighteenth century, he shows how the Romantics sought to differentiate themselves from mere tourists by following alternative models, and alternative travelscripts, in both their travelling and their travel writing. In a rejection of the more conventional roles of picturesque tourist and Grand Tourist, Romantic travellers often preferred to style themselvesas heroic explorers, oppressed and endangered mariners, even shipwreck victims. The Suffering Traveller and the Romantic Imagination accordingly returns to the sub-genres of Romantic-era travel writing - the shipwreck narrative, the exploration narrative, the captivity narrative, and the like - that first kindled the Romantic fascination with these figures, to consider the travel scripts seemingly enabled by this source material. Paying particular attention to the narratives ofshipwreck and maritime suffering that were a hugely popular part of Romantic-era print culture, and to the equally popular narrative of exploration, the book considers firstly the examples, traditions, and conventionsthat trained Romantic travellers to think that misadventure as much as adventure could be a route to visionary experience and literary authority. It then explores the political resonance that the figure of the suffering traveller could possess in this Revolutionary era, before treating Wordsworth and Byron as especially influential examples of the misadventurous tendency in Romanticism. In so doing, The Suffering Traveller and the Romantic Imagination offers interesting newperspectives not only on British Romanticism and on travel writing of the Romantic era, but also on many attitudes, practices, and typologies still current in travel and tourism. Author Biography Carl Thompson is lecturer in English at the Nottingham Trent University Details ISBN 0199259984 ISBN-13 9780199259984 Title The Suffering Traveller and the Romantic Imagination Author Carl Thompson Format Hardcover Year 2007 Pages 312 Publisher Oxford University Press GE_Item_ID:137032001; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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Book Title: Suffering Traveller and the Romantic Imagination
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Essays & Travelogues, Poetry, Subjects & Themes / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Literary Criticism, Travel, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Carl Thompson
Item Width: 5.4 in
Book Series: Oxford English Monographs
Format: Hardcover
