If you're passionate about literature, you may wish to visit the sites where your favorite writers created literary classics. Visit the haunts of J.R.R. Tolkien; walk the streets of Dublin, the site for James Joyce's
Ulysses; and discover the Paris that Ernest Hemingway, Henry James and others all wrote about. Explore the world of literary travel. Your next vacation may be the most amazing one yet... Read more about it.
by Mathew Lyons. Globe Pequot. From the publisher: "In a hugely compelling and original book, Mathew Lyons draws on his own fascination for the novels of J.R.R Tolkien, by following in his footsteps through the English landscapes and countryside that inspired one of England's greatest writers--from charming Staffordshire villages to breath-taking Somerset caves."
by Ian Gunn, and Clive Hart. Thames & Hudson. From the publisher: "Despite the renovation of Dublin in recent decades, many of these neighborhoods and establishments remain. Published to coincide with the centenary of Bloomsday on June 16, 2004, this unique study uses more than 100 maps and photographs to examine the importance of
Ulysses's basis in physical fact, showing how characters move around the city and how the novel works in terms of time and place."
by Adam Gopnik (Editor). Library of America. From the publisher: "Through stories, letters, memoirs, poems and journalism, Americans in Paris distills three centuries of vigorous, glittering, and powerfully emotional writing about the place that Henry James called 'the most brilliant city in the world' and that Ernest Hemingway characterized as 'a moveable feast.'"
by B.J. Welborn. Jefferson Press. From the publisher: "Readers and travelers are guided to more than 100 homes and historic sites of America's greatest writers... Clear driving directions and visitor instructions are combined with unique tidbits about each site and author, such as the story of Jack London's custom-made furniture and the roll top desk and Dictaphone on display in his study. Literary enthusiasts are guided to the site of Thoreau's bean field..."
by Lawrence Venuti (Editor). Whereabouts Press. From the publisher: "Some of Italy's best-known writers, including Luigi Pirandello, Natalia Ginzburg, Alberto Moravia, and Antonio Tabucchi, join Italy's rising literary stars to take the reader on a panoramic tour of both city and countryside, across the social spectrum, surveying the country's rich cultural history. Explore Italy's popular tourist destinations and out-of-the-way spots..."
by Michael Edward Gorra. Princeton University Press. From the publisher: "Gorra uses Goethe's account of his Italian journey as a model for testing the traveler's response to Germany today, and he subjects the shopping arcades of contemporary German cities to the terms of Benjamin's Arcades project. He reads post-Wende Berlin through the novels of Theodor Fontane, examines the role of figurative language, and enlists W. G. Sebald as a guide to the place of fragments and digressions..."
by Stuart A. Kallen. Gale Group. From the publisher: "A visitor's guide to the restaurants, theater, arts, dancing, and jazz music of Harlem, New York, toward the end of the period known as the Harlem Renaissance, when African American arts flourished."
by Jim de Young, and John Miller. Applause Theatre Book Publishers. From the publisher: "Shakespeare, Coward, Christie, Lloyd Webber and so many more... you'll encounter them all using this wonderful tour guide on walks through theatrical history in present-day London. Applause is pleased to present a substantially revised, new edition of one of our most popular titles, 'London Theatre Walks.'"
by Anne-Marie Edwards. Jones Books. From the publisher: "The only comprehensive travel guide to Austen's England. Well known to walkers in Great Britain through her books and programs on the BBC, author Anne-Marie Edwards has written detailed and engaging descriptions of tours through Austen's life and work. She lives in Southampton, England, with her husband Michael Edwards, who took the photos for this book."
by Robert Cooper. Arcade. From the publisher: "A superb platform entertainer and an international celebrity, Clemens saw the tour as a quick way to make the money he desperately needed to pay his creditors and recoup his fortune, and so he began a journey that took him across North America to Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka, and South Africa. One hundred years later, American writer Robert Cooper set out from Elmira in pursuit of Twain, following virtually every step."
