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Monthly Archives: August 2020
Shakespeare’s New Place
Let me fast-forward two centuries from my last post, fly back across the Atlantic, and transport you to Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon. The redevelopment of New Place commemorating Shakespeare’s death in 2016 offers a test of the extent to which the idea … Continue reading
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Tagged history of reading, literary landmark, literary landscape, literary museums, literary pilgrimage, literary tourism, literary tourist, love of literature, New Place, Nicola Watson The Author's Effects, Romantic Shakespeare, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Sir John Soane, The Tempest, Tim O’Brien, University of Birmingham, William Shakespeare
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Irving’s Sunnyside
From a tower in Kent to a country retreat in upstate New York: today’s destination is Washington Irving’s ‘Sunnyside’, founding site of American literature.
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Tagged Abbotsford, ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’, history of reading, literary landmark, literary landscape, literary museums, literary pilgrimage, literary tourism, literary tourist, love of literature, Nicola Watson The Author's Effects, Sir Walter Scott, Sunnyside, The Sketchbook, Washington Irving
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