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Anglo-American Landscapes : A Study of Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Travel Literature by Christopher Mulvey (1983, Hardcover)
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During the nineteenth century some hundreds of Englishmen and Americans visited each other's country and then published account of their journeys in the form of travel books. In his examination of the aesthetic values inherent in such books and the national prejudices and preconceptions betrayed by their authors, Christopher Mulvey has written a fascinating and entertaining chapter in nineteenth-century cultural history. The apprehensive Englishmen went to America as to a laboratory in which democracy was under investigation - as if to an England of the future. The sentimental American went to England above all to savour the past: to return to his roots. Their successes and failures in these aims, the extent to which reality matched preconception and the extent to which preconception shaped reality are the subject of this study. In all, the books, letters and journals of some ninety travellers are examined in Anglo-American Landscapes.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521237556
ISBN-139780521237550
eBay Product ID (ePID)1193216
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
TopicSubjects & Themes / Nature, American / General, Essays & Travelogues, Europe / Great Britain, United States / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Subjects & Themes / General, Travel, Literary Criticism
AuthorChristopher Mulvey
IllustratorYes
Dimensions
Item Length9in
Item Height1in
Item Weight21.8 Oz
Item Width6in
Additional Product Features
Publication NameAnglo-American Landscapes : a Study of Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Travel Literature
Lccn82-004380
Dewey Decimal914.2/0481/08913
Lc Classification NumberPr778.T72 M8 1983
Table of ContentList of illustrations and sources; Preface; Introduction; 1. Transatlantic eyes; Part I. England: 2. Landfall and landing; 3. Chester: the real England; 4. The sentiment and poetry of England; 5. Stratford-upon-Avon: blessed beyond all other villages; 6. Westminster Abbey: the great Valhalla by the Thames; 7. England: the aesthetic landscape; Part II. America: 8. Landfall and landing; 9. The seaboard cities; 10. Picturesque landscapes: New England and the Hudson; 11. The falls of Niagara: a dangerous subject; 12. The Mississippi: the nightmare landscape; 13. America: the statistical landscape; Conclusion: 14. Transatlantic views; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Publication Year1983
TypeTextbook
Dewey Edition19
FormatHardcover
Target AudienceScholarly & Professional
Number of Pages308 Pages
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