Curious Travellers - Writing the Welsh Tour, 1760-1820

Mary-Ann Constantine provides a literary study of British tours of Wales in the Romantic period (c. 1760-1820). Examining the history of the genre as well as how such accounts shaped understanding of Wales and Welshness within the wider British polity of the period, Constantine shows their continued relevance to cultural and environmental studies.

List of contents

• List of Figures


• Bibliographical Note on Thomas Pennant's A Tour in Wales


• Introduction: Reflections on Water


• 1: Travel Writing in Wales, 1188--1700


• 2: Lines and Languages: Dee Crossings and Offa's Dyke


• 3: A Journey out of London, 1802: Iolo Morganwg Walks Home


• 4: 'That Strange Bridge': Wye Valley Connections


• 5: Consumed Landscapes: Coal, Fire, and Water


• 6: Visionary Journeys: Quests, Pilgrimages, and Gatherings


• 7: Attempts to Describe Hafod


• 8: Capturing the Castle: Vulnerable Coasts in the Late 1790s


• 9: Elen of the Roads: Incursions and Excursions in the Mountains of North Wales


• 10: 'In this state of darkness and illusion': Cotton, Copper, and Commerce


• Conclusion: Return to the Lakes; or, New Ways with Old Roads


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Mary-Ann Constantine is Professor at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. She studies the literature and history of Romantic-period Wales and Brittany, and holds particular interests in travel writing and in the cultural politics of Britain and Ireland in the 1790s. She has led several major funded research projects and has written on Romantic-era literary forgery, narrative song, Welsh responses to the French Revolution, the British 'home tour' and the travels of naturalist and antiquarian Thomas Pennant.

Summary

Mary-Ann Constantine provides a literary study of British tours of Wales in the Romantic period (c. 1760-1820). Examining the history of the genre as well as how such accounts shaped understanding of Wales and Welshness within the wider British polity of the period, Constantine shows their continued relevance to cultural and environmental studies.

Product details

• Authors: Mary-Ann Constantine, Mary-Ann (Professor of Celtic Studies Constantine
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.07.2024
• EAN: 9780198852124
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885212-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Wales, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, Travel writing, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, British & Irish history, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799