The Suffering Traveller and the Romantic Imagination
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| Author | : Carl Thompson |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2007-05-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199259984 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199259984 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Suffering Traveller and the Romantic Imagination by : Carl Thompson
Book excerpt: Thompson explores the romance that can attach to the notion of suffering in travel, and the importance of the persona of 'suffering traveller' for Romantic writers and travellers. He considers how and why the Romantics typically chose to imitate the hapless protagonists of these accounts
