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

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

"Solidary Travelers brings new insight into the study of women's roles in natural history and travel writing. It examines the life and works of four women over approximately a century: Mary Wollstonecraft, Harriet Martineau, Isabella Bird Bishop, and Mary Kingsley, and considers their work...

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Main Author: Harper, Lila Marz, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, [2001], ©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.
Travelers' writings, English > History and criticism.
Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
British > Foreign countries > History > 19th century.
Women travelers > History > 19th century.
Science in literature.

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