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American Travel Literature about Spain (1900-1950). Research project by members of the English Department at the University of Alicante.

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Interdisciplinary Conference on Travel Literature and Transatlantic Encounters: “The Iberian Peninsula as seen from North America” (1850-1950) - 3-4 June 2021
Register for free before May 30!
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It is now the turn of our colleague Lorraine Kerslake who will be presenting on "Portrait of a Spanish Honeymoon", on Sylvia Plath's and Ted Hughes's honeymoon in Benidorm.

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Our last panel is entirely devoted to Sylvia Plath and her time in Spain. Firstly, María Encarnación Carrillo will discuss Sylvia Plath's drawings on Spain.

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Dos Passos embodies the holistic traveller, the traveller who transcends the tourist and studies and knows the deepest aspects of the country.

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It is now the turn for our second plenary speaker, Eulalia Piñero Gil, who will be illustrating us about John Dos Passos's time in Spain.

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Rosinante to the Road is a purely modernist text. He incorporates modernism to travel writing.

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He also wrote "Biography of the Bulls: An Anthology of Spanish Bullfighting"

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Good morning! We have just begun with Panel 4. It is time to talk about Americans in the Second Spanish Republic and the Spanish Civil War #travelwriting #ATLASConference

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Smith was a traveller and correspondent in Spain, but he also exchanged correspondence with significant writers in Spain such as Josep Pla or Ortega i Gasset.

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And so did Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman. Both couples wrote about their experiences... and problems while riding around the country.

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Our first plenary speaker, Pere Gifra-Adroher is delivering his lecture: "Between Art and Adventure: Pioneer American Cycle-Tourism in the 19th century" #travelwriting #ATLASConference

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Joseph and Elizabeth Pennell were two of the people who toured, not without difficulty, some parts of Spain on their bicycles.

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@mtgomez10 @margasinsoul She works with art and visual culture in Goddard King's "Heart of Spain"

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Time for Panel 3! José Ruiz Mas tells us about the predator travellers in the early 20th century.

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@mtgomez10 To wrap up this morning, our MA student @margasinsoul presents her MA dissertation project on Georgiana Goddard King