05843nam 22007455 450 991098612630332120250305120742.09783031617010303161701010.1007/978-3-031-61701-0(MiAaPQ)EBC31946531(Au-PeEL)EBL31946531(CKB)37783651800041(DE-He213)978-3-031-61701-0(EXLCZ)993778365180004120250305d2025 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBritish Women Travellers in the Long Nineteenth Century With Italy as Their Muse /edited by Marilyn D. Button, Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen1st ed. 2025.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2025.1 online resource (457 pages)Britain and the World,2947-71909783031617003 3031617002 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; Renée Jeanne Schlueter -- Chapter 6: Inventing the Travel Guide: Mariana Starke’s Advice for the Independent Traveler; Nigel à 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; Renée 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.During the long nineteenth century, British women reframed the masculine paradigm of the Grand Tour. They created a feminist travel gaze, intentionally or unintentionally, that differed from that of male peers. Unlike their brothers, who went for personal edification, women with means left their English homes for the great Italian cities of Florence, Naples, and Rome to escape personal disappointments and the social limitations imposed by parents, spouses, and society. The anonymity of travel to a distant land and new freedoms fostered political and creative achievements, including entrepreneurial journalism, literary masterpieces, and social advocacy for their gender, which redefined the contours of the Anglo-Italian cultural landscape. The historical evidence presented here testifies to the life-changing capacity of travel and firmly demonstrates how British women’s history and literature enriches and broadens narratives about Britain and the World. Marilyn D. Button is a Professor of English at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania in the USA. She is co-editor of two books: The Foreign Woman in British Literature: Exotics, Aliens, and Outsiders (1999) and The Victorian Case for Charity: Essays on Responses to English Poverty by the State, the Church and the Literati (2013). Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen is an Emerita Professor of History at the University of Central Oklahoma and an Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Maryland Global Campus in the USA. She is the author of Victorian Women: Unwed Mothers and the London Foundling Hospital (2012) and co-editor of The Victorian Case for Charity: Essays on Responses to English Poverty by the State, the Church, and the Literati (2013). .Britain and the World,2947-7190WomenHistoryGreat BritainHistoryItalyHistorySocial historyCivilizationHistoryLiteratureHistory and criticismWomen's History / History of GenderHistory of Britain and IrelandHistory of ItalySocial HistoryCultural HistoryLiterary HistoryWomenHistory.Great BritainHistory.ItalyHistory.Social history.CivilizationHistory.LiteratureHistory and criticism.Women's History / History of Gender.History of Britain and Ireland.History of Italy.Social History.Cultural History.Literary History.820.93208209034Button Marilyn D1791370Sheetz-Nguyen Jessica A1700289MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910986126303321British Women Travellers in the Long Nineteenth Century4328725UNINA