In the early modern period, the population of England travelled more than is often now thought, by road and by water: from members of the gentry travelling for pleasure, through the activities of those involved in internal trade, to labourers migrating out of necessity. Yet the commonly held view that people should know their places, geographically as well as socially, made domestic travel highly controversial. Andrew McRae examines the meanings of mobility in the early modern period, drawing on sources from canonical literature and travel narratives to a range of historical documents including maps and travel guides. He identifies the relationship between domestic travel and the emergence of vital new models of nationhood and identity. An original contribution to the study of early modern literature as well as travel literature, this interdisciplinary book opens up domestic travel as a vital and previously underexplored area of research.

An interdisciplinary investigation of the modes and meanings of domestic travel and of early modern attitudes to mobility.

About the Author
Andrew McRae is Professor of Renaissance Studies in the Department of English at the University of Exeter.

Reviews
'Literature and Domestic Travel in Early Modern England is a valuable addition to the growing body of critical work that addresses the intersection of literature, geography and the cultural impact of travel in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.' Annotated Bibliography of English Studies
'... we must welcome a book that contains such valuable critiques of recent scholarship in economic, tourism, and landscape history, and shows such multidisciplinary engagement with varied sources.' Comparative Studies in Society and History



Book Information
ISBN 9780521448376
Author Andrew McRae
Format Hardback
Page Count 260
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 560g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 157mm * 18mm