Essays about: "British Travel Literature"

Found 3 essays containing the words British Travel Literature.

1. 1. From Text to Space and Vice Versa : The Travel Accounts of Sir William Gell and Edward Dodwell in Phocis and Boeotia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

   Author : Zafeirios Avgeris; [2021]
   Keywords : Digital Humanities; Spatial Humanities; Grand Tour; British Travel Literature; Sir William Gell; Edward Dodwell.;

   Abstract : This thesis examines and compares two travel accounts in the regions of Phocis and Boeotia in Greece, as they appear in the book of Sir William Gell “The Itinerary of Greece: With a Commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an Account of the Monuments of Antiquity at Present Existing in that Country (1819) and on the two volumed book of Edward Dodwell A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece: During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806, Volume 1 & 11 (1819). More specifically, the thesis explores the extent of the area that these travelers managed to cover during their routes, the places with historical and archaeological interest that they mentioned at least, their moves among the various chronotopes, and the use of their predecessors’ texts for on their routes. READ MORE

3. 2. The End of the World? Representations of Scandinavia in Nineteenth-Century Scottish Travel Literature

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

   Author : Carlotta Ohlemann; [2020]
   Keywords : Scandinavia; Scotland; travel literature; Georgian Era; postcolonialism; borealism; Scottish national identity; Great Britain; British Union; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This dissertation analyses the representations of Norway, Denmark and Sweden in Scottish travel literature towards the end of the Georgian Era. By comparing two travel accounts, I aim to identify both the authors’ approach to the Nordic countries as well as their reflections on their own national identity. READ MORE

4. 3. Mapping of environmental KPIs

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Kommunikations- och transportsystem; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska högskolan

   Author : Martin Dahlgren; Viktor Westin; [2015]
   Keywords : KPI; nyckeltal; miljö;

   Abstract : The aviation industry is facing many challenges concerning environmental effects associated to an overall increase in air travel. In order to analyse these environmental effects, the possibility for measurement in the areas connected to the aviation industry is essential. READ MORE