Solitary travelers : nineteenth-century women's travel narratives and the scientific vocation

Solitary travelers : nineteenth-century women's travel narratives and the scientific vocation /

Taking a biographical casebook approach, this study examines four women writers of natural history who traveled between the 1790s and 1890s. Focusing on the travel writings of Mary Wollstonecraft, Harriet Martineau, Isabella Bird Bishop, and Mary Kingsley, four women who primarily traveled alone, So...

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Main Author: Harper, Lila Marz, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison [N.J.] : London ; Cranbury, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Associated University Presses, [2001]
Subjects:
Bird, Isabella L. > (Isabella Lucy), > 1831-1904 > Travel.
Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, > 1862-1900 > Travel.
Wollstonecraft, Mary, > 1759-1797 > Travel.
Martineau, Harriet, > 1802-1876 > Travel.
Bird, Isabella L. > (Isabella Lucy), > 1831-1904.
Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, > 1862-1900.
Wollstonecraft, Mary, > 1759-1797.
Martineau, Harriet, > 1802-1876.
1800-1899
Travelers' writings, English > History and criticism.
Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
British > Foreign countries > History > 19th century.
English prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women travelers > History > 19th century.
Travel writing > History > 19th century.
Science in literature.
Travelers' writings, English.
Literature and science.
English prose literature > Women authors.
English prose literature.
Women and literature.
British > Foreign countries.
British.
Women travelers.
Travel writing.
Travel.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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