About this episode

The episode explores the concept of literary tourism and questions the authenticity of the places we visit in relation to our favorite books.

Are we consuming an authentic place, or are we willingly participating in a beautifully staged performance designed around our own expectations? In this opening episode of Journey 7, we begin our exploration of literary tourism. When we travel to the places that inspired our favorite books, whose landscape are we actually stepping into? Today. we […]

People in this episode

Host: Steve Chisnell

Topics covered

• literary tourism
• authenticity
• travel
• expectations
• landscape
• books

Keywords

• literary tourism
• authenticity
• travel
• books
• expectations
• landscape

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