Mary-Ann Constantine is Professor at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. She studies the literature and history of Romantic-period Wales and Brittany, and holds particular interests in travel writing and in the cultural politics of Britain and Ireland in the 1790s. She has led several major funded research projects and has written on Romantic-era literary forgery, narrative song, Welsh responses to the French Revolution, the British 'home tour' and the travels of naturalist and antiquarian Thomas Pennant.

• List of Figures Bibliographical Note on Thomas Pennant's A Tour in Wales Introduction: Reflections on Water 1: Travel Writing in Wales, 1188--1700 2: Lines and Languages: Dee Crossings and Offa's Dyke 3: A Journey out of London, 1802: Iolo Morganwg Walks Home 4: <'That Strange Bridge> ': Wye Valley Connections 5: Consumed Landscapes: Coal, Fire, and Water 6: Visionary Journeys: Quests, Pilgrimages, and Gatherings 7: Attempts to Describe Hafod 8: Capturing the Castle: Vulnerable Coasts in the Late 1790s 9: Elen of the Roads: Incursions and Excursions in the Mountains of North Wales 10: <'In this state of darkness and illusion> ': Cotton, Copper, and Commerce Conclusion: Return to the Lakes; or, New Ways with Old Roads Bibliography Index

The book highlights the interest and significance of a rich body of writing while also setting an agenda for further work.

Mary-Ann Constantine is Professor at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. She studies the literature and history of Romantic-period Wales and Brittany, and holds particular interests in travel writing and in the cultural politics of Britain and Ireland in the 1790s. She has led several major funded research projects and has written on Romantic-era literary forgery, narrative song, Welsh responses to the French Revolution, the British 'home tour' and the travels of naturalist and antiquarian Thomas Pennant.

• List of Figures Bibliographical Note on Thomas Pennant's A Tour in Wales Introduction: Reflections on Water 1: Travel Writing in Wales, 1188--1700 2: Lines and Languages: Dee Crossings and Offa's Dyke 3: A Journey out of London, 1802: Iolo Morganwg Walks Home 4: <'That Strange Bridge> ': Wye Valley Connections 5: Consumed Landscapes: Coal, Fire, and Water 6: Visionary Journeys: Quests, Pilgrimages, and Gatherings 7: Attempts to Describe Hafod 8: Capturing the Castle: Vulnerable Coasts in the Late 1790s 9: Elen of the Roads: Incursions and Excursions in the Mountains of North Wales 10: <'In this state of darkness and illusion> ': Cotton, Copper, and Commerce Conclusion: Return to the Lakes; or, New Ways with Old Roads Bibliography Index

The book highlights the interest and significance of a rich body of writing while also setting an agenda for further work.

Mary-Ann Constantine is Professor at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. She studies the literature and history of Romantic-period Wales and Brittany, and holds particular interests in travel writing and in the cultural politics of Britain and Ireland in the 1790s. She has led several major funded research projects and has written on Romantic-era literary forgery, narrative song, Welsh responses to the French Revolution, the British 'home tour' and the travels of naturalist and antiquarian Thomas Pennant.

• List of Figures Bibliographical Note on Thomas Pennant's A Tour in Wales Introduction: Reflections on Water 1: Travel Writing in Wales, 1188--1700 2: Lines and Languages: Dee Crossings and Offa's Dyke 3: A Journey out of London, 1802: Iolo Morganwg Walks Home 4: <'That Strange Bridge> ': Wye Valley Connections 5: Consumed Landscapes: Coal, Fire, and Water 6: Visionary Journeys: Quests, Pilgrimages, and Gatherings 7: Attempts to Describe Hafod 8: Capturing the Castle: Vulnerable Coasts in the Late 1790s 9: Elen of the Roads: Incursions and Excursions in the Mountains of North Wales 10: <'In this state of darkness and illusion> ': Cotton, Copper, and Commerce Conclusion: Return to the Lakes; or, New Ways with Old Roads Bibliography Index

The book highlights the interest and significance of a rich body of writing while also setting an agenda for further work.