British Women Travellers in the Long Nineteenth Century
Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen (Hrsg.), Marilyn D. Button (Hrsg.)
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Kulturgeschichte
Beschreibung
During the long nineteenth century, British women reframed the masculine paradigm of the Grand Tour. They created a feminist travel gaze, intentionally or unintentionally, that differed from that of male peers. Unlike their brothers, who went for personal edification, women with means left their English homes for the great Italian cities of Florence, Naples, and Rome to escape personal disappointments and the social limitations imposed by parents, spouses, and society. The anonymity of travel to a distant land and new freedoms fostered political and creative achievements, including entrepreneurial journalism, literary masterpieces, and social advocacy for their gender, which redefined the contours of the Anglo-Italian cultural landscape. The historical evidence presented here testifies to the life-changing capacity of travel and firmly demonstrates how British women’s history and literature enriches and broadens narratives about Britain and the World.
Kundenbewertungen
George Eliot, Anglo-Italian culture, Women activists, Italian, Mary Shelley, Women travellers, Family, Victorian Britain, English literati, Continental women, Frances Trollope, Catholic Rome, Women writers, Florence Nightingale, Travel history, Political history, Social commentary, Gender, Nineteenth century, Grand Tour