Carmen Sylva, Postcards and the Commercialisation of Travel

Date

2018

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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Book chapter

Peer reviewed

Yes

Abstract

Book chapter on Carmen Sylva, currently a marginalised writer. Consideration of a series of postcards, to piece together British society's engagement with her, commenting on ideas around celebrity, gender, politics, tourism and communication

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Nineteenth-century, literature, travel, postcards, marginalised writers

Citation

Nixon, L. (2018) Carmen Sylva, Postcards and the Commercialisation of Travel. In: FRANCHI. B. and MUTLU, E., (eds.) Crossing Borders in Victorian Travel. Spaces, Nations and Empires. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp.172-181

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Research Institute