William Wordsworth and Modern Travel: Railways, Motorcars and the Lake District, 1830-1940
Author:   Saeko Yoshikawa (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies (Japan))
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Volume:   12
ISBN:  

9781789621181


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   07 May 2020
Format:   Hardback
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William Wordsworth and Modern Travel: Railways, Motorcars and the Lake District, 1830-1940


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Author:   Saeko Yoshikawa (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies (Japan))
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
Volume:   12
ISBN:  

9781789621181


ISBN 10:   1789621186
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   07 May 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Wordsworth and Railways 2. The Railway Controversy in Wordsworth's Lake District 3. The Arrival of Motorcars 4. Romantic Motorists, Romantic Cyclists 5. The First World War and the Lake District 6. Post-War Motoring in the Lake District, 1920s-30s 7. Wordsworthian Tourism in the Interwar Period Epilogue: 'Access for All'

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'For its rigorous research and elucidation of the impact of transport upon the evolving experience of landscape and tourism from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, Yoshikawa's work offers both an insightful and significant contribution to current scholarship.' Jules Gehrke, Journal of British Studies


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Saeko Yoshikawa is a professor in the Department of English Studies at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Japan.

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