User talk:Westiana

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Proposed deletion of Bernard Schweizer
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70.116.27.249 (talk) 02:28, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Travel literature
You made a fantastic contribution to travel literature, thanks so much I learned a lot - historiography of the field is at the stage sort of hard to find so this is really helpful. I have been reading travel literature scholarship (in conjunction with travel books) sort of as a hobby for a couple years and find in fascinating. I had a couple questions, feel free to answer some or none as your time allows.

Thanks! Stephen Balbach
 * 1) I'm looking for new books on travel scholarship do you have any recommendations for a recent bibliography, beyond the works mentioned in the WP article?
 * 2) Do you think Tourists with Typewriters is notable enough to mention in that section you wrote?
 * 3) I've long wanted to create a Wikipedia list of notable travel literature, similar to how List of important operas is constructed. To that end I'm looking for "best of" lists compiled by experts. A start can be found here User:Stbalbach/List_of_important_exploration_and_travel_literature -- but I only found two sources which is not enough. If you have any suggestions for where to find lists of "canonical" travel literature, that would be helpful (I realize "canonical" is problematic in itself, but for Wikipedia purposes of "notability").

--Stbalbach (talk) 17:03, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Stephen, I would recommend you contact Tim Youngs at Nottingham Trent or check out his books on travel writing criticism--they have fairly solid bibliographies (feel free to Google-Book the bibliographies). In general, the rule of thumb is to go to the latest book of travel writing criticism and turn to the bibliography. There you should see the updated list of works in this bourgeoning field. Yes, I do think Tourists With Typewriters is one of the best books available on the subject of travel writing criticism. It is indeed notable. As for prominent travel writers, the WP entry on travel literature is a good start. Your best bet, however, would be the Encyclopedia of Travel and Exploration edited by Jennifer Speake. Take care,

Westiana (talk) 13:14, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Female epic
Hi, Westiana. I've edited the article you created on the female epic, so I wonder if you could take a look at it. It's kind of out of my field, but I thought it was interesting. What it needs now is more incoming links, so people will see it. Thanks. -- Margin1522 (talk) 08:04, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

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