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Cultures of Recreation in Victorian Snowdonia: Travelling, Climbing and Inscribing at the Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel

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Authors: James, Kevin J.; Tigchelaar, Evan

Source: The Welsh History Review, Volume 28, Number 1, June 2016, pp. 87-114(28)

Publisher: University of Wales Press

As the Welsh mountains supplied iconic national landscapes and became sites of popular recreation in the mid-Victorian period, the Pen-y-Gwryd Inn in Snowdonia became a famous resting place for travellers. Its visitors' book was as storied as the hostelry itself. Analyses of its place in popular imagination illuminate diverse uses of the book, evaluations of its contents and the ambivalence that attended the often derided 'inn literature' that at once captivated and repelled critics, readers and inscribers. The visitors' book illuminates intersections of tourism, recreation, literary practices and book history. The rural Welsh inn – and Pen-y-Gwryd in particular – played a disproportionate part in this development.

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 June 2016

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  • Published by the University of Wales Press since its inception in 1960, The Welsh History Review / Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru is the most authoritative journal in its field. This twice-yearly journal is committed to publishing research on Welsh history, from medieval to modern. The internationally-renowned editorial board includes scholars from universities in Wales, the UK, Europe and the United States, whose collective breadth of knowledge contributes to a diverse range of cultural, social, political and economic history.

    Cyhoeddwyd The Welsh History Review / Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru gan Wasg Prifysgol Cymru ers sefydlu'r cyfnodolyn yn 1960. Hwn yw'r cyfnodolyn mwyaf awdurdodol yn ei faes, a'i brif hanfod yw arddangos amrywiaeth eang o feysydd ymchwil ym maes hanes Cymru, o'r canoloesol hyd at y modern. Ar y bwrdd golygyddol, ceir ysgolheigion o brifysgolion Cymru, y Deyrnas Unedig, Ewrop a'r Unol Daleithiau. Adlewyrchir arbenigeddau'r bwrdd yng nghynnwys y cyfnodolyn, sydd yn ymdrin â hanes diwylliannol, cymdeithasol, gwleidyddol ac economaidd.

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