Travels Into Print - Exploration, Writing, and Publishing With John Murray, 1773-1859

Informationen zum Autor Innes M. Keighren is senior lecturer in human geography at Royal Holloway! University of London. He is the author of Bringing Geography to Book: Ellen Semple and the Reception of Geographical Knowledge. Charles W. J. Withers is the Ogilvie Professor of Geography at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author or co-author of many books! including Placing the Enlightenment: Thinking Geographically about the Age of Reason. Bill Bell is professor of bibliography at Cardiff University. He is the general editor of the four-volume Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland and is editor of The Library: The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. Klappentext In eighteenth - and nineteenth-century Britain! books of travel and exploration were much more than simply the printed experiences of intrepid authors. This book takes readers on a journey into the nature of exploration. Zusammenfassung In eighteenth - and nineteenth-century Britain! books of travel and exploration were much more than simply the printed experiences of intrepid authors. This book takes readers on a journey into the nature of exploration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter One Exploration and Narrative: Travel! Writing! Publishing! and the House of Murray Chapter Two Undertaking Travel and Exploration: Motives and Practicalities Chapter Three Writing the Truth: Claims to Credibility in Exploration and Narrative Chapter Four Explorers Become Authors: Authorship and Authorization Chapter Five Making the Printed Work: Paratextual Material! Visual Images! and Book Production Chapter Six Travel Writing in the Marketplace Chapter Seven Assembling Words and Worlds Appendix Books of Non-European Travel and Exploration Published by John Murray between 1773 and 1859: By Date of First Imprint! with Notes on Edition History before 1901 Notes Bibliography Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Bill Bell, Bell Bill, Innes M. Keighren, Innes M. Withers Keighren, Keighren Innes M., Charles W. J. Withers, Withers Charles W. J.
• Edition: University Of Chicago Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 11.05.2015
• EAN: 9780226429533
• ISBN: 978-0-226-42953-3
• Pages: 392
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Historical Geography, C 1700 To C 1800