Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark - Brossura

Wollstonecraft, Mary

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1500806668 ISBN 13: 9781500806668

Casa editrice: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Riassunto

‘Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark’ (1796) is a personal travel narrative by the eighteenth-century British feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft. The twenty-five letters cover a wide range of topics, from sociological reflections on Scandinavia and its peoples to philosophical questions regarding identity. Published by Wollstonecraft's career-long publisher, Joseph Johnson, it was the last work issued during her lifetime. Wollstonecraft undertook her tour of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark in order to retrieve a stolen treasure ship for her lover, Gilbert Imlay. Believing that the journey would restore their strained relationship, she eagerly set off. However, over the course of the three months she spent in Scandinavia, she realized that Imlay had no intention of renewing the relationship. The letters, which constitute the text, drawn from her journal and from missives she sent to Imlay, reflect her anger and melancholy over his repeated betrayals. ‘Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark’ is therefore both a travel narrative and an autobiographical memoir.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1500806668
• ISBN 13: 9781500806668
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 130
• Redattore: Jonson Will