A tourist's New England
Subtitle: travel fiction, 1820-1920
By: Dona Brown, editor.
Contributors: Brown, Dona.
Series: Hardscrabble books
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Hanover
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: American fiction -- 19th century.; American fiction -- 20th century.; American fiction -- New England.; Travelers' writings, American.; Travelers -- Fiction.; New England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Description: Dona Brown collects representative writings, beginning with Hawthorne in the 1830s, and ending with Edith Wharton and Sinclair Lewis in the 1920s, along with selections from other well-known and lesser-known figures. She organizes them into three parts: the first focuses on New England's much-celebrated scenery; the second explores intimate links between sexual and romantic themes and New England vacations; and the third surveys New England nostalgia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.