Literary Fiction Tourism

ISBN-13: 9780367485818 / Twarda / 2024 / 264 str.

Nicola E. MacLeod

Opis

This timely and insightful book critically reviews the synergistic relationship between books, literary culture, and the practices of tourism.

Recenzje

"Despite the apparent novelty of virtual worlds, we forget the power of the text in the construction of imaginary 'real' worlds we can inhabit through reading and travelling. Tourism allows the exploration of fictional landscapes layered upon the real, and MacLeod provides an excellent guide of how these imagined places, peoples and pasts have shaped / continue to shape, the tourist experience."

Mike Robinson, Professor of Cultural Heritage, Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Spis treści

1. The Literary Fiction Tourism Landscape.  2. The Historic Evolution of Literary Fiction Tourism.  3. Literary Fiction Tourism in Context.  4. Biographical Literary Fiction Tourism: From Cradle to Grave.  5. Literary Fiction Places of the Imagination.  6. The Social Construction of Literary Places.  7. Places of Literary Reputation.  8. On the Trail of Literary Fiction: Routes and Tours.  9. Literary Fiction Tourism Synergies.  10. The Future of Literary Fiction Tourism.  

O autorze

Nicola E. MacLeod has been a tourism studies academic for 30 years and is Director of the Tourism and Marketing Research Centre at the University of Greenwich.