Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark

Author/creator Wollstonecraft, Mary Author
Other author Kavenna, Joanna Introduction by
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Description256 p.
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Summary Annotation While best remembered for her revolutionary work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, renowned feminist and author Mary Wollstonecraft's most popular book during her lifetime was a travel narrative, Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. The impetus behind her trip couldn't be more dramatic: Just two weeks after her first suicide attempt, Wollstonecraft sets out for Scandinavia in order to retrieve a stolen treasure ship for her lover, Gilbert Imlay. Believing that the journey would restore their relationship, she embarks with her baby daughter and a nursemaid. As she traverses the landscape, she writes on her encounters in a sublime style that would later influence the Romantic poets Wordsworth and Coleridge. As acclaimed travel author and novelist Joanna Kavenna notes in an insightful new introduction, Wollstonecraft's overlooked classic is timeless in its appeal and modern in its sensibility. Reviews"This collection brings to life the radical writer of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, proving she was a strident, independent force in deeds as well as words. One can only imagine the spectacle she caused travelling alone in the late 18th century."--The ObserverMary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) was published at the end of the 18th century--one marked by the concept of "enlightenment," the gradual erosion of monarchical authority, and the birth of democracy. While the question of the rights of men engendered lively debate at that time, a woman's lot remained unconsidered. Wollstonecraft, however, was determined to change this and to add a dissenting female voice to the chorus. She also shaped the art of travel writing as a literary genre and, in her account of her journey through Scandinavia, she had an impact on the Romantic movement.Joanna Kavenna grew up in Britain, and has also lived in the USA, France, Germany, Scandinavia, and the Baltic States. Her writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the London Review of Books, The Guardian and Observer, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Telegraph, among others. She has most recently been the Writer-in-Residence at St Peter's College, Oxford.
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