Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796) (Broadview Editions) [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Wollstonecraft, Mary

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ISBN 10: 1551118084 ISBN 13: 9781551118086

Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd, 2013

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"The art of travelling is only a branch of the art of thinking," Mary Wollstonecraft wrote in 1790 in a review of a travel narrative set in Ireland. A Short Residence was her own travel memoir, and became the work that Wollstonecraft most admired in her own lifetime. The text narrates Wollstonecraft's journey through Scandinavia, accompanied by her young daughter; the letters are addressed to an unnamed lover. Passionate and personal, the letters also explore the comparative political and social systems of Europe. The result is a travel book that is both as much a work of political thought as Wollstonecraft's more well-known treatises, and an innovative and influential work in the genre. This Broadview Edition provides a helpful introduction and extensive appendices that contextualise this remarkable text in relation to a number of key political and aesthetic debates.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an English political philosopher, novelist, and travel writer. Her Vindication of the Rights of Woman is considered a foundational text of modern feminism.

Ingrid Horrocks is Lecturer, School of English and Media Studies, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand.

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"The art of travelling is only a branch of the art of thinking," Mary Wollstonecraft wrote in one of her many reviews of works of travel writing. A Short Residence is her own travel memoir. In a series of letters addressed to an unnamed lover, the work narrates Wollstonecraft's journey through Scandinavia in 1795, on much of which she was accompanied by her infant daughter. Passionate and personal, A Short Residence is at once a moving epistolary travel narrative, a politically-motivated ethnographic tract, a work of scenic tourism, and a sentimental journey. It is both as much a work of political thought as Wollstonecraft's better known treatises, and a brilliant, innovative, and influential work in the genre.

This Broadview edition provides a helpful introduction and extensive appendices that contextualize this remarkable text in relation to key political and aesthetic debates. It also includes a significant selection from Wollstonecraft's travel reviews.

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• Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1551118084
• ISBN 13: 9781551118086
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 266
• Herausgeber: Horrocks Ingrid
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