British Women Travellers in the Long Nineteenth Century

British Women Travellers in the Long Nineteenth Century

With Italy as Their Muse

Button, Marilyn D.; Sheetz-Nguyen, Jessica A.

Springer International Publishing AG

01/2025

412

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9783031617003

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Chapter 1: Introduction; Marilyn D. Button and Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen.- Part I. Women Travellers from the French Revolution to The Napoleonic Era.- Chapter 2: Hamilton's Wife and Nelson's Paramour: Emma, Lady Hamilton in Naples; Cheryl C. D. Hughes.- Chapter 3: Breaking New Ground: The Italian Experience of Elizabeth Cavendish, Second Duchess of Devonshire; Ronald J. Weber.- Part II. Entrepreneurial Journalists in Emerging Italy.- Chapter 4: "My country women would rather hear": Hester Lynch Piozzi's Regendering of the Grand Tour; Thomas J. Prasch.- Chapter 5: Love, Dirt, and Superstition among the Ruins: Charlotte Eaton's Protestant View of Catholic Rome; Renee Jeanne Schlueter.- Chapter 6: Inventing the Travel Guide: Mariana Starke's Advice for the Independent Traveler; Nigel a Brassard.- Chapter 7: From 'Flying Visit' to Final Home: Mrs Trollope in Florence; Marilyn D. Button.- Part III. Literary Lights in Risorgimento Italy.- Chapter 8: Rambles in Il Bel Paese: Mary Shelley's Anglo-Italian Visioning; Renee Jeanne Schlueter.- Chapter 9: "I will write plain words to England": Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh; Lisa Angelella.- Chapter 10: Timebound and Timeless in Italy: Why Eliot Chose Florence for Romola; Marilyn D. Button.- Part IV. Inspired Social Activists.- Chapter 11: By Art and Spirit: Florence Nightingale's Transformation in Rome; Lauren M. Riepl and Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen.- Chapter 12: "Victory is not won simply by assertion of principles alone": Josephine Butler's Crusade in Italy; Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen.- Chapter 13: Exploring the 'Wild Zone': Amelia B. Edwards Travels the Italian Dolomites; Dona M. Cady.- Chapter 14: Conclusion; Marilyn D. Button and Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen.
Italian;Travel history;Women travellers;Women activists;Women writers;Victorian Britain;Grand Tour;Political history;Family;Gender;Continental women;Nineteenth century;Anglo-Italian culture;Catholic Rome;Social commentary;Frances Trollope;English literati;Mary Shelley;Florence Nightingale;George Eliot