Great women travel writers : from 1750 to the present
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Great women travel writers : from 1750 to the present
Continuum, c2005
- : hardcover
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: hardcover ISBN 9780826416834
Description
Travel is sacred. Travel is a quest. Travel is an escape. Travel is a passion! It is enlightening, a distraction, a novelty, a dream fulfilled. It may inspire joy, terror, longing - often, all three. Women explorers and travelers are a special breed. Some were also great writers, recording their cross-cultural impressions with stunning vividness, blending history, myth, technology, and poetic imagination. The 22 courageous women profiled in this book encircled the globe. Together, they form a grand tradition and speak to us today as never before. The book covers women who boldly crossed international barriers often to encounter the most patriarchal cultures of their time are focused on in this delightful book - a significant contribution to travel literature as well as to women's studies.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Princess Ekaterina (Catherine) Romanovna Vorontsova (1743-1810)
- Friederike Brun (1765-1835)
- Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839)
- Fredrike Bremer (1801-65)
- Princess Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso (1808-71)
- Fanny Lewald (1811-89)
- Belle Marsh Poate (1847-96)
- Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922)
- Daisy Bates (1859-1951)
- Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
- Gertrude Bell (1868-1926)
- Alexandra David Neel (1868-1969)
- Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904)
- Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) (1885-1962)
- Freya Stark (1893-1993)
- Hayashi Fumiko (1903-51)
- Anais Nin n(1903-77)
- Xie Bingying (born Ming Gang) (1906-2000)
- Ruth Gruber (1911-)
- Oriana Fallaci (1930-)
- Sharon Spencer (1933-2002)
- Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (1937-)
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: pbk ISBN 9780826418401
Description
This book includes ten contributor's writings on 250 years of women travel writers. Travel is sacred. Travel is a quest. Travel is an escape. Travel is a passion! It is enlightening, a distraction, a novelty, a dream fulfilled. It may inspire joy, terror, longing - often, all three. Women explorers and travellers are a special breed. Some were also great writers, recording their cross-cultural impressions with stunning vividness, blending history, myth, technology and poetic imagination. The 22 courageous women profiled in this book encircled the globe. Together, they form a grand tradition and speak to us today as never before. The book covers women who boldly crossed international barriers often to encounter the most patriarchal cultures of their time are focused on in this delightful book - a significant contribution to travel literature as well as to women's studies.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Princess Ekaterina (Catherine) Romanovna Vorontsova (1743-1810)
- Friederike Brun (1765-1835)
- Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839)
- Fredrike Bremer (1801-65)
- Princess Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso (1808-71)
- Fanny Lewald (1811-89)
- Belle Marsh Poate (1847-96)
- Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922)
- Daisy Bates (1859-1951)
- Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
- Gertrude Bell (1868-1926)
- Alexandra David Neel (1868-1969)
- Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904)
- Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) (1885-1962)
- Freya Stark (1893-1993)
- Hayashi Fumiko (1903-51)
- Anais Nin (1903-77)
- Xie Bingying (born Ming Gang) (1906-2000)
- Ruth Gruber (1911-)
- Oriana Fallaci (1930-)
- Sharon Spencer (1933-2002). Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (1937-).
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