Overview
- Whereas most monographs look at travel inside Ireland, this book looks outwards at Irish travel on the continent
- Examines a wide range of materials, from periodicals to canonical fiction such as Joyce’s Dubliners
- Interdisciplinary – will appeal to Irish cultural historians as well as tourism studies academics
Part of the book series: New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature (NDIIAL)
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Reviews
“Irish Cultures of Travel introduces readers to a wealth of original, primary research that nuances how we classify British travel writing in the long nineteenth century. It is therefore crucial reading not only to Irish cultural and literary historians, but also to a wider range of nineteenth-century travel writing scholars for its innovative methodologies and fruitful intersections.” (Rebecca Butler, Studies in Travel Writing, Vol. 22 (3), 2018)
“This book is an important contribution to the study of the massification of tourism at a time of technological, infrastructural, and social change in Irish society. Charting a range of European destinations, Ingelbien expertly highlights increased Irish participation in the modern phenomenon of democratized travel and the emergence of a new constituency of tourists that results in evolving strategies for Irish travel.” (Anne O'Connor, Journeys, Vol. 19 (01), June, 2018)
“The reach of Ingelbien’s research is impressive, and includes a welcome discussion of Irish women travellers, such as the antiquarian Margaret Stokes, within its brief. … Raphael Ingelbien’s deft and elegant study offers a lively evocation of pre-independence Irish tourist culture, and within that, an informed and timely portrait of nineteenth-century Ireland’s assertive and mobile middle class.” (Eve Patten, Review of Irish Studies in Europe – RISE, Vol. 2 (1-4), March, 2018)
“This is a well-researched and persuasive book. It is well placed within the historiography on travel and tourism and is a useful contribution to that field. … a well-written book, which demonstrates sound scholarship and makes thought-provoking contributions to several discussions within the historiography of Irish studies and the history of tourism and travel.” (Katherine Haldane Grenier, Victorian Studies, Vol. 60 (03), 2018)
“Ingelbien provides an illuminating chronicle of Ireland’s relationship to travel, charting it through Irish prescriptions of religion, nationalism, feminism and recreation. What this book ultimately presents is an intriguing account of Ireland’s search for identity, seeking out the exotic in order to ‘see Ireland first’.” (Louisa Carroll, Books Ireland, Issue 374, August, 2017)
“Raphaël Ingelbien’s Irish Cultures of Travel: Writing on the Continent, 1829-1914 is an engaging, highly readable, and frequently insightful treatment of a fascinating and hitherto neglected area of travel and tourism studies. … this highly readable book will be useful for students and a pleasure for scholars as well as general readers whose interests include travel, Irish studies, or even post-colonialism generally.” (Donald I. Ulin, breac, breac.nd.edu, June, 2017)
“Refreshingly jargon-free, international and interdisciplinary in scope, Ingelbien’s reader-orientated approach to Irish travels is well-substantiated, thoughtful and convincing, while his focus on public discourse broadens considerably our understanding of periodical literature. Quite simply, this is an innovative and scholarly text, and the blend of historical, biographical and textual analysis will not only secure its position within the field of Irish Studies, or Travel and Tourism cultures, but within interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies more generally.” (Glenn Hooper, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Literature, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Raphaël Ingelbien
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Irish Cultures of Travel
Book Subtitle: Writing on the Continent, 1829-1914
Authors: Raphaël Ingelbien
Series Title: New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56784-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56783-3Published: 06 June 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56784-0Published: 13 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2731-3182
Series E-ISSN: 2731-3190
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 252
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: British and Irish Literature