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A Case Study on Nantes This paper proposes new practices in place-making for writers of narrative non-fiction and for destination organisations that commission content authors.  Full-text now available on Toureme Substack at  https://open.substack.com/pub/toureme/p/literary-geographies-for-regenerative-073?r=21sgn4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true   Place Graslin, Nantes. Photo: C. Mansfield 14:38 Thurs 6 April 2017 Making a Literary Geography Rather than undertake literary criticism on the works that present the branded destination, in this case study Nantes, a process of seeking out the potential catalysts for toureme moments (Mansfield 2015) offers the researcher a more economical and focussed approach to finding locations that have narrative value for the travel writer and blogger. [...]  _______________________________________________________________ <a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.world/@charlesmansfield">Mastodon...

Le Voyage à Nantes Stendhal stayed in Nantes and documents it in his travel book, Memoires of a Tourist (1838).  A friend and colleague at the CNRS in Paris, Darwin, had recommended I read Stendhal’s travel writing many years ago but I first had to complete Le Rouge et le Noir (1830). Stendhal’s opening section on his first entry for Nantes in June 1837 serves as a good reminder for the flying passenger today; while the other travellers scramble for their suitcases Stendhal, with just his night-bag under his arm, strolls off the landing board and, thus, is one of the first to set foot on the paving stones of the great city.  Where does he go?  What advice would you give? What is the very first place to visit on any trip to Nantes? ... please add your Comment below... LVAN Le Voyage à Nantes