Description
In this course we’ll look at a selection of classic travel writers, from the letters of Lady Mary Montagu from Constantinople in the 1700s, to the multiple layers of history and intrigue described by literary visitors to Rome from across the centuries. We will finish with an anthology from Patrick “Paddy” Leigh Fermor, considered by many as the greatest travel writer of the twentieth century: tales from his sleeping in barns and grand country houses across Europe in the 1930s, to his growing love affair with the Greek landscape and people. We will think about what motivated such travel writers to leave the comforts and securities of home and set forth on a voyage of discovery and adventure.The course is presented by Dr. Thomas Wilson and supported by the University of The Third Age (U3A). Recommended background reading for this course is: The Travel Writing Tribe by Tim Hannigan (2021).
| Period | 1 Nov 2022 → 15 Dec 2022 |
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| Held at | University of the Third Age (U3A), Australia, Western Australia |
| Degree of Recognition | Regional |