The Mythology of Tourism - The Works of Sir Walter Scott and the Development of Tourism in Scotland

Scott's influence on Scottish tourism is widely discussed among scholars. However, only a few have provided a holistic analysis of the relationship between Scott and Scottish tourism from the 19th to the 21st Century in a theoretical framework. This book reveals how the myth of Scott has been created and appropriated at different stages of the development of the Scottish tourism industry by drawing upon Roland Barthes' analysis of myth. The study is largely based on an analysis of 110 travel accounts and 48 guidebooks written between the 1770s and the 2010s. The author argues that Scott's influence on the Scottish tourism industry is strongly ensured by a wide participation of various actors in continuously changing forms.

List of contents

Scott and Mythology - Scott as a Promoter of Scottish Tourism in the Romantic Period - Scott and the Guidebook Industry in the Victorian Period - Tourist Practices: Tourists as Readers of Scott and Myth Creators - Post-Scott Tourism and Disneyfied Scott-land

About the author

Lingwei Meng obtained his Ph.D. degree in English literature at the University of Göttingen. His research focuses on travel writing, tourist guidebooks, literary tourism and Scottish literature.

Product details

• Authors: Lingwei Meng
• Assisted by: Klaus Peter Müller (Editor)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9783631756201
• ISBN: 978-3-631-75620-1
• No. of pages: 370
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 29 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 550 g
• Illustrations: 7 Abb.
• Series: Scottish Studies International - Publications of the Scottish Studies Centre; Scottish Studies International - Publications of the Scottish Studies Centre, Johannes Gutenberg-Uni; Scottish Studies International - Publications of the Scottish Studies Centre; Scottish Studies International; Scottish Studies International - Publications of the Scottish Studies Centre, Johannes Gutenberg-Uni
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics