‘Overcrowded with tourists’: Guest Books, Postcards, and Other Popular Forms as ‘Micro-Texts’ of Travel Writing
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries witnessed an expansion and democratization of travel. Yet the voices of the ‘new tourists’ from the working and lower middle classes are rarely heard, with elite accounts continuing to dominate the archive. This article looks at some exceptions, exam...
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| Formatua: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
2022
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Gaia: | The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries witnessed an expansion and democratization of travel. Yet the voices of the ‘new tourists’ from the working and lower middle classes are rarely heard, with elite accounts continuing to dominate the archive. This article looks at some exceptions, examining the ‘micro-texts’ of guest book inscriptions to recapture the experiences and impressions of ordinary tourists. |
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