In her study of the opening of the English Lake District to mass tourism, Saeko Yoshikawa examines William Wordsworth's role in the rise and development of the region as a popular destination. Informed by extensive archival work, her book provides an original case study of the contributions of Romantic writers to the invention of middle-class tourism and the part guidebooks played in promoting the popular reputations of authors.

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Preface, Saeko Yoshikawa; Introduction, Saeko Yoshikawa; Chapter 1 Through a Painter's Eyes: An 1850 Wordsworth Album, Saeko Yoshikawa; Part 1 Wordsworth in the Guides; Chapter 2 From Picturesque to Poetic: Wordsworth in the Guides, up to 1850, Saeko Yoshikawa; Chapter 3 Wordsworthian Tourism: Wordsworth in the Guides, from 1850, Saeko Yoshikawa; Part 2 Wordsworth's Four Principal Houses in the Lake District; Chapter 4 Rydal Mount and Dove Cottage: Opening the Poet's Gardens, Saeko Yoshikawa; Chapter 5 Cockermouth and Hawkshead: Celebrating the Poet's Childhood, Saeko Yoshikawa; Part 3 The Popular Reception of Wordsworth; Chapter 6 Reminiscences of Wordsworth, Saeko Yoshikawa; Chapter 7 The Wordsworth Country Illustrated, Saeko Yoshikawa; Chapter 8 By the Lakes: Through the Eyes of a Japanese Wordsworthian Traveller, Saeko Yoshikawa Key Texts, Arranged in Chronological Order, 1752-1900, Saeko Yoshikawa;