Notes on the Contributors p. vii
Introduction Nicola J. Watson p. 1
1 From Early Modern to Romantic Literary Tourism: A Diachronical Perspective Harald Hendrix p. 13
2 Making Their Mark: Writing the Poet's Grave Samantha Matthews p. 25
3 The Land of Burns: between Myth and Heritage Karyn Wilson-Costa p. 37
4 Literary Biography and the House of the Poet Julian North p. 49
5 The Author's House: Abbotsford and Wayside Erin Hazard p. 63
6 Bringing Down the House: Restoring the Birthplace Julia Thomas p. 73
7 Ghosting Grasmere: the Musealisation of Dove Cottage Polly Atkin p. 84
8 Women Re-Read Shakespeare Country Gail Marshall p. 95
9 John Murray's Handbooks to Italy: Making Tourism Literary Barbara Schaff p. 106
10 Selling Literary Tourism in The Bookman Margaret D. Stetz p. 119
11 Elizabeth Gaskell and Literary Tourism Pamela Corpron Parker p. 128
12 Rambles in Literary London Nicola J. Watson p. 139
13 Time-Travel in Dickens' World Alison Booth p. 150
14 Wessex, Literary Pilgrims, and Thomas Hardy Sara Haslam p. 164
15 Americans and Anti-Tourism Shirley Foster p. 175
16 How America 'Inherited' Literary Tourism Paul Westover p. 184
17 Harriet Beecher Stowe and Florida Tourism Diane Roberts p. 196
18 On the Trail of Rider Haggard in South Africa Lindy Stiebel p. 210
Index p. 221