Travel Writing and Ireland, 1760-1860: Culture, History, Politics

by Glenn Hooper

Book Overview

Travel Writing and Ireland, 1760-1860 examines a range of mainly British travel and travel-writing material from the period 1760 to 1860. Beginning with an analysis of the Home Tour and Ireland's function within it, the book then considers the role of the Post-Union traveller, followed by an analysis of the impressions formed by Famine writers; the book then concludes with an assessment of those who journeyed to Ireland in the immediate aftermath...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349521701
• ISBN13: 9781349521708
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"