Travels into Print

Exploration, Writing, and Publishing with John Murray, 1773-1859

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

AvInnes M. Keighren,Charles W. J. Withers,Bill Bell

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In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, books of travel and exploration were much more than simply the printed experiences of intrepid authors. They were works of both artistry and industry - products of the complex, and often contested, relationships between authors and editors, publishers and printers. These books captivated the reading public and played a vital role in creating new geographical truths. In that age of global wonder and of expanding empires, there was no publisher more renowned for its travel books than the House of John Murray. Drawing on detailed examination of the John Murray Archive of manuscripts, images, and the firm's correspondence with its many authors - a list that included such illustrious explorers and scientists as Charles Darwin and Charles Lyell, and literary giants like Jane Austen, Byron, and Sir Walter Scott - Travels into Print considers how journeys of exploration became published accounts and how travelers sought to demonstrate the faithfulness of their written testimony and to secure their personal credibility.This fascinating study in historical geography and book history takes modern readers on a journey into the nature of exploration, the production of authority in published travel narratives, and the creation of geographical authorship - a journey bound together by the unifying force of a world-leading publisher.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-05-11
Mått16 x 23 x 3 mm
Vikt709 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor392
FörlagThe University of Chicago Press
ISBN9780226429533

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Innes M. Keighren is senior lecturer in human geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Bringing Geography to Book: Ellen Semple and the Reception of Geographical Knowledge. Charles W. J. Withers is the Ogilvie Professor of Geography at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author or co-author of many books, including Placing the Enlightenment: Thinking Geographically about the Age of Reason. Bill Bell is professor of bibliography at Cardiff University. He is the general editor of the four-volume Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland and is editor of The Library: The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society.

Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter One Exploration and Narrative: Travel, Writing, Publishing, and the House of Murray Chapter Two Undertaking Travel and Exploration: Motives and Practicalities Chapter Three Writing the Truth: Claims to Credibility in Exploration and Narrative Chapter Four Explorers Become Authors: Authorship and Authorization Chapter Five Making the Printed Work: Paratextual Material, Visual Images, and Book Production Chapter Six Travel Writing in the Marketplace Chapter Seven Assembling Words and Worlds Appendix Books of Non-European Travel and Exploration Published by John Murray between 1773 and 1859: By Date of First Imprint, with Notes on Edition History before 1901 Notes Bibliography Index

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