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Author:   Kathryn N Jones ,  Carol Tully ,  Heather Williams
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
ISBN:  

9781802078107

ISBN 10:   180207810
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   03 April 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction: Hidden Texts, Hidden Nation Chapter 2: Landscape, Industry, Piety: Wales as a Site of Inspiration in Travel Writing in French from 1780 to 1905 Chapter 3: Patriotism, Pan-Celticism and the Welsh Cultural Paradigm in Travel Writing in French from 1830 to 1900 Chapter 4: Periphery, Modernity and the Discovery of Wales in Travel Writing in German from 1790 to 1850 Chapter 5: Identity, Celtomania and the Narrative of Wales in Travel Writing in German from 1850 to 1905 Chapter 6: Safe Haven, Literary Paradise and Present-Day Adventureland: Wales in Travel writing in Breton, French and German from 1945 to 2018 Chapter 7: Conclusion: The Narrative of Wales: From Blind Spot to Blank Canvas Bibliography

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‘This rich, readable book surveys almost 250 years of writing by European travellers to Wales, from private letters to conventionally published works to contemporary digital forms. It broaches a remarkable, original field of research, encompasses a wide historical, linguistic, and critical range, and presents an impressive array of materials previously invisible to scholarship.’ Mererid Puw Davies, Modern Language Review ‘This is an innovative book that combines cross-cultural dialogue with the “tourist gaze” in order to explain the gap between fabricated expectations and real destinations. Drawing on a wide literature and on neglected – sometimes anonymous – texts in French, German and Breton that the authors took great effort to uncover and recover, Hidden Texts, Hidden Nation is a substantial book that should be enjoyed not only by cultural historians of the period in question, but also by students, university teaching staff, translators, specialists in travel literature as well as anyone interested in the topic.’ Elena Butoescu, CompLit

'This rich, readable book surveys almost 250 years of writing by European travellers to Wales, from private letters to conventionally published works to contemporary digital forms. It broaches a remarkable, original field of research, encompasses a wide historical, linguistic, and critical range, and presents an impressive array of materials previously invisible to scholarship.' Mererid Puw Davies, Modern Language Review

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Kathryn Jones is an Associate Professor of French at Swansea University. Carol Tully is a Professor of German and the Pro-Vice Chancellor at Bangor University. Heather Williams is a Research Fellow at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies.

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