1st Edition

British Travel Writers in Europe 1750-1800 Authorship, Gender, and National Identity

By Katherine Turner Copyright 2001
284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2001: Hundreds of European travelogues produced by British travellers between 1750 and 1800 remain out of sight in most libraries and have generally been out of print since the 18th century. While many people with a working knowledge of the 18th century are familiar with works including Sterne's "A Sentimental Journey" and Smollett's "Travels through France and... Read more
Introduction; 1: The world, the texts and the critics; 2: Class, character and controversy in the 1760s and 1770s; 3: Sentimental travels: ‘so much the ton ’; 4: The rise of the woman travel writer; 5: Revolution and revision: the 1790s; 6: Epilogue

Biography

Katherine Turner