The Writer's Journey (eBook)

In the Footsteps of the Literary Greats

Travis Elborough (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
224 Seiten
White Lion Publishing (Verlag)
9780711268746 (ISBN)

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Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in this beautiful illustrated atlas. Some truly remarkable works of literature have been inspired by writers spending time away from their typical surroundings. From epic road trips and arduous treks into remote territories to cultural tours and sojourns in the finest hotels, this book explores 35 influential journeys taken by literary greats and reveals the repercussions of those travels on the authors' personal lives and the broader literary landscape. Award-winning author Travis Elborough brings each of these trips to life with fascinating insights into the stories behind the creation of some of the world's most famous literary creations, including Dracula, Moby Dick, Murder on the Orient Express, Madame Bovary, The Talented Mr Ripley,and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. FromHerman Melville's first whaling voyage in 1841, from New York to Liverpool, to Jack Kerouac's on-the-road Odyssey, which is now an iconic drive, discover how these journeys imprinted themselves on some of the greatest literary minds of all time. Complete with navigational notes, color photographs, and commissioned maps, the fresh insights within tell readers something new about the places, work, and personalities of some of the world's greatest minds.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.10.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Journeys of Note
• Reihe/Serie: Journeys of Note
• Zusatzinfo: 100
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 170 x 170 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Karten / Stadtpläne / Atlanten
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Agatha Christie • algeiria • Antoine de Saint Exupery • Around the World • Asia • Atlas • author • Beautiful • biographies of famous writers • Biography • book lovers • books • Books about writers • Bram Stoker • Cairo • Charles Dickens • Christmas • Cities • College • Cool • Creative • Diary • Dracula • English literature • FACTS • factual • Flaubert • F. Scott Fitzgerald • Genius • Gift • gift for book lovers • Global • Globe • Great Journeys • great minds • great writer • Harry Potter • Herman Melville • Holiday • iconic • Illustrated • interesting • Jack Kerouac • Jack London • James Baldwin • Jane Austen • J.K. Rowling • JK Rowling • Joseph Conrad • Journal • journey • journeys of note series • Katherine Mansfield • Letters of Note • Lewis Carroll • Literary • Literature • Madame Bovary • map • map of • Mary Wollstonecraft • Moby Dick • Morocco • Murder on the Orient Express • New England • North Africa • Novels • odyssey • photography • picture book • Playwright • present • present for • readers on the road • readerson the road • Romania • Russia • Scandinavia • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • Student • Study • the talented mr ripley • thought leaders • Tour • Tourism • Travel • Travel photography • Travis Elborough • Trek • True stories • Tunisia • uniersity • United States • University • U.S.A • USA • Virginia Woolf • Visit • writers • writers lives
• ISBN-13: 9780711268746 / 9780711268746