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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...

Agnès Varda In my preparation for the travel writing research work in Nantes I am by this stage, allowing myself to read, talk about, and watch anything and everything on the city.  My most recent discovery, after viewing Agnès Varda's 1991 film on director Jacques Demy, called Jacquot de Nantes , is that Demy directed his first New-Wave feature using Nantes as the setting.  The film, Lola , was released in 1961 and is an urban story of everyday life restored to gorgeous glossy black and white by Varda herself.  I wish I could show you some stills from the film; I asked UniFrance, for an image but to no avail.  I still hope you are inspired to see the film.   Passage Pommeraye  At least two scenes unfold in the covered arcade called the Passage Pommeraye; they are key moments in the drama, too.   And, my favourite shot is on the steps of what must be the Graslin Theatre, which fills the whole screen with geology and architecture with our two pro...