This book provides a grounding in the theoretical perspectives on literature and the tourist experience. It explores practical applications of literary tourism, such as destination promotion and creation, responsible tourism and learning benefits,...
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This book provides a grounding in the theoretical perspectives on literature and the tourist experience. It explores practical applications of literary tourism, such as destination promotion and creation, responsible tourism and learning benefits, and uses global case studies to study literary tourism in action. Intro -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface: A Short Discourse on the Development, Importance and Effect of Literary Tourism -- Part 1: Theory Relating to Literature and the Tourist Experience -- 1 Travelling Against Time: Flemish Authors Travelling to Italy in the Interwar Period -- 2 'Magic Realism' of Vilnius: Conceptualization of Literary Tourist Gaze Based on Tales of the Old Vilnius by Max Frei -- 3 Visionary Trends in Jules Verne's The Floating Island -- 4 Connecting Temporalities: Walking Through Narratives of Guilt and Passion -- 5 Frontier Travel Narratives: Imagining the American West Through Novels -- 6 The Making of the Literary City: Edinburgh, Barcelona and Óbidos -- Part 2: Practical Applications of Literature to the Tourist Experience and Tourist Industry -- 7 Reimagining Emulative Journeys: From Classical Texts to Contemporary Travel Writing in the Digital Age -- 8 Response and Responsibility: Poets as Guides for Tourists -- 9 Learning at Literary Festivals -- 10 Library Tourism -- Part 3: Case Studies of Literary Tourism and their Effects on the Tourist -- 11 The Hay Festival: A Longitudinal Study on its Attributes and the Sustainable Impacts on a Small Welsh Town -- 12 Literary Tourism in the Indian Sub-Continent -- 13 Making Literary Places -- 14 Tourism of Literary Writing: The Brazilian Author as an International Tourist in the Amores Expressos Collection -- 15 Stay Eat Love: Travel Books, Italy and the Emotional Geographies of Place -- 16 Literary Tourism: Conclusions and Practical Applications -- Index -- About CABI -- Backcover.
