Travels into Print : Exploration, Writing, and Publishing with John Murray, 1773-1859 / Innes M. Keighren, Charles W. J. Withers, Bill Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keighren, Innes M., Author.

Bell, Bill, Author.

Withers, Charles W. J., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

John Murray (Firm).

Travelers' writings--Publishing--England--History--18th century.

Travelers' writings.

Travelers' writings--Publishing--England--History--19th century.

Travel writing--History--18th century.

Travel writing.

Travel writing--History--19th century.

Travel--History--18th century.

Travel.

Travel--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Edition:

2011 edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 an 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, Lord 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

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

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Other Format:

Print version: Keighren, Innes M. Travels into print : exploration, writing, and publishing with John Murray, 1773 - 1859.

OCLC:

906576856