Solitary travelers
Subtitle: nineteenth-century women's travel narratives and the scientific vocation
By: Lila Marz Harper.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Madison [N.J.]; London; Cranbury, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Bird, Isabella L. 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.; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; British -- Foreign countries -- History -- 19th century.; Women travelers -- History -- 19th century.; Travel writing -- History -- 19th century.; Science in literature.
Description: "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 in terms of professional ambition in the field of natural history, making a case in the process for the inclusion of such popular texts in the history of science."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.