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Publisher: University of Otago

Enlarging the Prospects of Happiness: European Travel Writing Through the Ages view detail comment email this

This exhibition "displays a selection of actual itineraries alongside invented accounts in order to discover what readers seek in their mental travels." Explore exhibit themes such as circumnavigation, philosophy of travel, the picturesque, women travelers, and the great cities of Italy. From the University of Otago Library, New Zealand.
http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/exhibitions/grand_tour/
Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Travel Sites by Continent

Last updated Jul 29, 2008


Éire á Móradh: Singing the Praises of Ireland view detail comment email this

Companion to a 2008 exhibit with an aim "to celebrate the Irish and Ireland. By utilizing books and manuscripts ... a broad overview is achieved. The range is enormous: from the 'Book of Kells' and 'Book of Durrow' to significant 'modern' Irish writers such as W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Seán O'Faoláin." Includes a selective chronology and annotated images of works. From the Special Collections Library, University of Otago, New Zealand.
http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/exhibitions/irish/praiseirish/
Topics: Literature by Place

Last updated Mar 5, 2009





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