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- catalog abstract "Taking a biographical casebook approach, this study examines four women writers of natural history who traveled between the 1790s and 1890s. Focusing on the travel writings of Mary Wollstonecraft, Harriet Martineau, Isabella Bird Bishop, and Mary Kingsley, four women who primarily traveled alone, Solitary travelers asks what sort of rhetorical strategies were used by women to move popularly accessible travel accounts into the scientific, professional sphere during a time when opportunities for women to engage in natural history field work became more and more restricted.".
- catalog contributor b12251519.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "New opportunities: women, science, and travel. -- Mary Wollstonecraft: "a new genus" -- Harriet Martineau: an investigative observer. -- Isabella Bird Bishop: an RGS fellow. -- Mary H. Kingsley: in pursuit of fish and fetish.".
- catalog description "Taking a biographical casebook approach, this study examines four women writers of natural history who traveled between the 1790s and 1890s. Focusing on the travel writings of Mary Wollstonecraft, Harriet Martineau, Isabella Bird Bishop, and Mary Kingsley, four women who primarily traveled alone, Solitary travelers asks what sort of rhetorical strategies were used by women to move popularly accessible travel accounts into the scientific, professional sphere during a time when opportunities for women to engage in natural history field work became more and more restricted.".
- catalog extent "277 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Solitary travelers.".
- catalog identifier "0838638600 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Solitary travelers.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "Solitary travelers.".
- catalog spatial "Foreign countries".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "820.9/355 21".
- catalog subject "Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 Journeys.".
- catalog subject "Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 Travel.".
- catalog subject "British Foreign countries History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "English prose literature 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English prose literature Women authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900 Journeys.".
- catalog subject "Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900 Travel.".
- catalog subject "Literature and science Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876 Journeys.".
- catalog subject "Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876 Travel.".
- catalog subject "PR788.T72 H37 2001".
- catalog subject "Science in literature.".
- catalog subject "Travel writing History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Travelers' writings, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 Journeys.".
- catalog subject "Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 Travel.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Women travelers History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "New opportunities: women, science, and travel. -- Mary Wollstonecraft: "a new genus" -- Harriet Martineau: an investigative observer. -- Isabella Bird Bishop: an RGS fellow. -- Mary H. Kingsley: in pursuit of fish and fetish.".
- catalog title "Solitary travelers : nineteenth-century women's travel narratives and the scientific vocation / Lila Marz Harper.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".