"Absorbing, in-depth accounts of seminal journeys and travel experiences that inspired some of the world’s greatest literature."
Running A-Z from Hans Christian Andersen to Virginia Woolf, Travis Elborough’s The Writer’s Journey presents lovers of literature with a beautiful illustrated atlas to be fascinated by and treasure. As Elborough contextualises in the introduction, “some truly remarkable works of literature have been produced either in response to a place visited or as a direct result of a writer’s time away from their typical surroundings or by a writer’s embrace of a new life in a new country.”
Among the 35 journeys laid bare, we discover how Maya Angelou was brought to a “closer understanding of myself and other human beings” as a result of her time in Ghana, and how the French Riviera had a profound effect, “both good and ill”, on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s writing and life. We read how Zora Neale Hurston’s sojourns in Jamaica and Haiti furnished her with revelatory material for her anthropological writings, and drove her to write classic novels at breakneck speed. We also discover the journeys that sparked Dracula, Moby Dick, Madame Bovary, and Harry Potter, to highlight but a handful.
Each account shares detail on the writer’s personal life, the purpose and outcome of their journey, and an overview of the literary landscape, alongside a journey map, photos and reproductions of archival documents. As well as providing captivating context for much-loved literature, The Writer’s Journey might just inspire writers, and aspiring writers, to embark on their own creative journeys.
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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.
From Herman 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, colour 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.
The Writer's Journey In the Footsteps of the Literary Greats features in the following genres: Travel, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Travel writing, Travel maps and atlases, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Literature: history and criticism
The Writer's Journey In the Footsteps of the Literary Greats is available in Hardback
The Writer's Journey In the Footsteps of the Literary Greats was written by Travis Elborough and published by White Lion Publishing
The Writer's Journey In the Footsteps of the Literary Greats has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Journeys of Note series
£18.00
