Download or read book Journal of a tour in the Lake District written by Elizabeth Cobbold and published by . This book was released on 1795 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of a Tour of the Lake District written by Anonymous and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Hate the Lake District written by Charlie Gere and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alternative view of the North West of England that delves into its stranger past. I Hate the Lake District offers a different vision of the rural environment from those found in much contemporary nature writing. Based on the author's trips around North West England, the book engages with nuclear power and nuclear war, slavery, imperialism, ghosts, love, God, cockroaches, and the sheer violence and contingency of “nature” itself—of which the human presence is merely a part. Each chapter starts with an account of a visit to a place in this remote part of England, the deep north, but digresses and wanders through multifarious themes and subjects. Among the sites Gere visits are the defunct nuclear power station at Sellafield, home of all British nuclear waste; Lake Coniston, where Donald Campbell died trying to break the water speed record; Hadrian's Wall, furthermost reach of the Roman Empire; the mysterious and deathly Morecambe Bay; sites of slavery in the North West; places where UFOs have been sighted, avant-garde artists created work, and Islamic terrorists trained; shantytowns where the navvies who built the railways lived with their families; and even the remains of Blobbyland in Morecambe. In I Hate the Lake District, Gere challenges the bourgeois pastoralism of popular nature writing and reveals the landscape of North West England as profoundly unnatural and strange.
Download or read book Thomas Gray s Journal of His Visit to the Lake District in October 1769 written by Thomas Gray and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roberts, a retired teacher who displays intimate familiarity with both Gray and the Lake District, is responsible for this small, stand-alone edition of Gray's journal. Roberts has added a biography of Gray and extensive commentary for each day's entry in his journal. The journal itself is transcribed directly from the original, using the 18th-century abbreviations and spellings. The volume is illustrated with many contemporary engravings and paintings of the area described. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book The Grasmere Journals written by Dorothy Wordsworth and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dorothy Wordsworth's The Grasmere Journals, begun in May 1800 while at Dove Cottage, and continued for nearly three years until January 1803, is perhaps the best-loved of all journals. Noting the walks and the weather, the friends, country neighbors and beggars on the roads, William Wordsworth's marriage, the composition of poetry, and their concern for Coleridge, her words bring those first years to vivid and intimate life. This edition has been prepared directly from the manuscripts with undeciphered words clarified, first thoughts, later insertions and deletions indicated, and Dorothy's hasty punctuation largely restored. It also offers rich explanatory notes, containing much new detail on friends and family, the scarcely-known people of the Grasmere valley, the books that were read, and the connections with William Wordsworth's poetry.
Download or read book Touring and Publicizing England s Country Houses in the Long Eighteenth Century written by Jocelyn Anderson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of the long 18th century, many of England's grandest country houses became known for displaying noteworthy architecture and design, large collections of sculptures and paintings, and expansive landscape gardens and parks. Although these houses continued to function as residences and spaces of elite retreat, they had powerful public identities: increasingly accessible to tourists and extensively described by travel writers, they began to be celebrated as sites of great importance to national culture. This book examines how these identities emerged, repositioning the importance of country houses in 18th-century Britain and exploring what it took to turn them into tourist attractions. Drawing on travel books, guidebooks, and dozens of tourists' diaries and letters, it explores what it meant to tour country houses such as Blenheim Palace, Chatsworth, Wilton, Kedleston and Burghley in the tumultuous 1700s. It also questions the legacies of these early tourists: both as a critical cultural practice in the 18th century and an extraordinary and controversial influence in British culture today, country-house tourism is a phenomenon that demands investigation.
Download or read book Deep Mapping the Literary Lake District written by Joanna E. Taylor and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-17 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England’s famed Lake District—best known as the place of inspiration for the Wordsworths, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and other Romantic-era writers—is the locus of this pioneering study, which implements and critiques a new approach to literary analysis in the digital age. Deploying innovative methods from literary studies, corpus linguistics, historical geography, and geographical information science, Deep Mapping the Literary Lake District combines close readings of a body of writing about the region from 1622-1900 with distant approaches to textual analysis. This path-breaking volume exemplifies interdisciplinarity, demonstrating how digital humanities methodologies and geospatial tools can enhance our appreciation of a region whose topography has been long recognized as fundamental to the shape of the poetry and prose produced within it.
Download or read book Lake District Write and Draw Travel Journal written by Travel Memories and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lake District Write and Draw Travel Journal is an Amazing Way to Record Your Thoughts and Images During Your Trip to lake District Half Lined Pages with Space Underneath for Small Sketches or to Stick Photos and Mementos Thick Cream Paper for a Luxury Experience Space for Over 100 Recorded Experiences Small 5"x8" Soft Cover Fits Neatly in Backpacks Lasting Memory Keepsake of Your Trip Makes a Great Gift! Buy it Today!
Download or read book A Tour of the English Lakes written by John R. Murray and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1769 Thomas Gray (best known for his 'Elegy in a Country Chuchyard') made a tour of the English Lakes, and recorded it in a journal that is now widely accepted as the first example of modern travel writing. He delighted in what he saw and conveys vividly to us the lakes and the mountains through eighteenth-century eyes. A few years later the watercolourist Joseph Farington followed in Gray's footsteps and painted a series of key views along the way. These paintings, which were later engraved and published, are beautiful in the picturesque tradition, and, from a topographical point of view, are remarkably accurate, unlike the work of most artists of the time. John Murray has brought together for the first time Thomas Gray's journal, Joseph Farington's watercolours, and the engravings after the watercolours that sold widely at the time and were key to the popularising of the lakes. In addition he has photographed Farington's views as they appear today, and it is remarkable how many of them are so clearly and still easily recognisable today. Here is an unusual and original view of the Lake District, and one that has not been attempted before.
Download or read book Lake District Vacation Journal written by Ralph Prince and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-18 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Document & Display Where You Are, Where You've Been & Where You're Going! Whether you live, study or simply travel abroad, our Lake District Vacation Journal is the most exciting and eye-catching way to keep all your travel plans and memories in one place! After all, making memories is what life is all about, wouldn't you agree? If you are looking for the perfect journal for your travels, regardless of how far or close you go or how long or brief the trip is...you've just found it! So Scroll Up, Click 'Add To Cart' And Go Explore The World!
Download or read book Journey to the Lake District from Cambridge 1779 written by William Wilberforce and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Insight Guides Great Breaks Lake District Travel Guide eBook written by Insight Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Breaks Lake District is a concise, full-colour travel guide to this most romantic national park, with a selection of clearly laid-out walks and tours complemented by beautiful photography and a wealth of practical information, all in a compact package. Overview: the book starts by highlighting the Top Ten Things to Do, from taking a boat on gleaming lakes and tarns to exploring picturesque abbeys and stone circles. This is followed by an engaging introduction on culture and landscape, lifestyle and traditions, and an overview of where to find the best food and drink. Walks and Tours: this guide features irresistible self-guided walks and tours that will take you on a journey through this poetic landscape of high green fells, clear waters and quaint villages that inspired the likes of William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. All are clearly timed and accompanied by easy-to-follow maps plus hand-picked places to eat, drink and shop. Special Features home in on what makes the Lake District unique: its prestigious literary heritage, local festivals and fascinating wildlife. Travel Tips: the final section of the book is packed with information on active pursuits, themed holidays and transport, as well as specially selected accommodation to suit all tastes and budgets, from chic boutique hotels to family-friendly B&Bs.
Download or read book William and Dorothy Wordsworth written by Lucy Newlyn and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Wordsworth's creative collaboration with his 'beloved Sister' spanned nearly fifty years, from their first reunion in 1787 until her premature decline in 1835. Rumours of incest have surrounded the siblings since the 19th century, but Lucy Newlyn sees their cohabitation as an expression of deep emotional need, arising from circumstances peculiar to their family history. Born in Cockermouth and parted when Dorothy was six by the death of their mother, the siblings grew up separately and were only reunited four years after their father had died, leaving them destitute. How did their orphaned consciousness shape their understanding of each other? What part did traumatic memories of separation play in their longing for a home? How fully did their re-settlement in the Lake District recompense them for the loss of a shared childhood? Newlyn shows how William and Dorothy's writings — closely intertwined with their regional affiliations — were part of the lifelong work of jointly re-building their family and re-claiming their communal identity. Walking, talking, remembering, and grieving were as important to their companionship as writing; and at every stage of their adult lives they drew nourishment from their immediate surroundings. This is the first book to bring the full range of Dorothy's writings into the foreground alongside her brother's, and to give each sibling the same level of detailed attention. Newlyn explores the symbiotic nature of their creative processes through close reading of journals, letters and poems — sometimes drawing on material that is in manuscript. She uncovers detailed interminglings in their work, approaching these as evidence of their deep affinity. The book offers a spirited rebuttal of the myth that the Romantic writer was a 'solitary genius', and that William Wordsworth was a poet of the 'egotistical sublime' — arguing instead that he was a poet of community, 'carrying everywhere with him relationship and love'. Dorothy is not presented as an undervalued or exploited member of the Wordsworth household, but as the poet's equal in a literary partnership of outstanding importance. Newlyn's book is deeply researched, drawing on a wide range of recent scholarship — not just in Romantic studies, but in psychology, literary theory, anthropology and life-writing. Yet it is a personal book, written with passion by a scholar-poet and intended to be of some practical use and inspirational value to non-specialist readers. Adopting a holistic approach to mental and spiritual health, human relationships, and the environment, Newlyn provides a timely reminder that creativity thrives best in a gift economy.
Download or read book Insight Guides Great Breaks Lake District Travel Guide eBook written by Rough Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pocket-sized travel guides making the most of the British Isles through clearly laid-out walks and tours. Explore the best of the Lake District with this indispensably practical Insight Great Breaks Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like Lake Windermere, Grasmere, Beatrix Potter's house, the Wordsworth Museum and Castlerigg, to discovering hidden gems, including Wast Water, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, help you plan and enhance your Great Break in the Lake District. Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational insider information, this is the ideal on-the-move companion to your trip to the Lake District. - Over 8 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat along the way - Local highlights: discover what makes the area special, its top sights and unique attractions, and be inspired by stunning imagery - Insider recommendations: where to stay and what to do, from active pursuits to themed trips - Rainy day recommendations: uncover plenty of options, whatever the weather - Practical maps: get around with ease and follow the walks and tours using the detailed maps - Informative tips: plan your travels with a useful practical section to ensure effortless exploration - Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience - Covers: Kendal and Windermere, Ullswater and Kirkstone Pass, Coniston and Hawkshead, Keswick to Grasmere, Borrowdale and Buttermere, around Skiddaw, the Western Lakes and the southwest. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
Download or read book Tour of the Lake District written by Jim Reid and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wainwright s Lost Tour written by Ed Geldard and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magnificently illustrated reconstruction of Wainwright's legendary May 1931 tour of the Lakes.
Download or read book Britain The Lake District written by Vivienne Crow and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title features dynamic two-colour layout for easy navigation. Colour section gives a photographic overview of the region, together with special features of the particular counties, tailored itineraries and lists of the best things to do - whether it's walks, beaches or activities. There are top Don't Miss sights for each chapter. Explore the gentle green hills and woods of Southern Lakeland, west of Windermere. Visit Hill Top, the delightful farmhouse that Beatrix Potter purchased with the proceeds from Peter Rabbit. Wander the beautiful Eskdale, Duddon and Borrowdale valleys. Take refuge from the rain in the splendid Tudor country house of Sizergh with its lovely gardens and beautifully panelled rooms. Follow in the footsteps of Alfred Wainwright and walk the fells with his unique walking guides for company. Discover the haunts and inspirations of Wordsworth's lakeland - Ullswater, Kendal and Keswick, and the walk from Easdale Tarn to Grasmere.
