Dickens, Antiquity and Literary Tourism
Society of Antiquaries of London Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, United KingdomTourism of ‘Dickens’s London’ flourished at the turn of the twentieth century, from tours and guidebooks, to magic lantern shows and merchandising. Dr Lee Jackson analyses the origins of this phenomenon, rooted in Dickens’s own imaginative antiquarianism – his love of ‘old buildings and curious people’ – and yet, paradoxically, exemplifying the sort of tourist spectacle that he often derided.
