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The suffering traveller and the Romantic imagination

Title
The suffering traveller and the Romantic imagination [electronic resource] / Carl Thompson.
Author
Thompson, Carl (Carl Edward)
Publication
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 299 p.)
Series Statement
Oxford English monographs
Uniform Title
Suffering traveller and the Romantic imagination (Online)
Alternative Title
Suffering traveller and the Romantic imagination (Online)
Subject
  • Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 > Travel
  • Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 > Travel
  • Travelers' writings, English > History and criticism
  • Travel in literature
  • Explorers in literature
  • Adventure and adventurers in literature
  • Shipwrecks in literature
  • Travel > Psychological aspects
  • Travel > Philosophy
  • Romanticism > Great Britain
Note
  • Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2001.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-291) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Tourists : diversification and disdain, 1760-1830 -- Misadventurers I : existential themes -- Misadventurers II : political themes -- Explorers : rhetorics of science and sacrifice -- Romantic travel I : Wordsworthian scripts -- Romantic travel II : Byronic scripts.
LCCN
2007003061
OCLC
ssj0000089730
Author
Thompson, Carl (Carl Edward)
Title
The suffering traveller and the Romantic imagination [electronic resource] / Carl Thompson.
Imprint
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series
Oxford English monographs
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-291) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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