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Author:

Imbarrato, Susan Clair

Title:

Traveling women : narrative visions of early America / Susan Clair Imbarrato.

Publisher:

Ohio University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiii, 254 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism.
American prose literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Travel writing--History--18th century.
Travel writing--History--19th century.
Women travelers--United States--History.
United States--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index.

Contents:

The language of travel : the practical and the picturesque -- Ordinary travel : public houses and travel conditions -- Writing into the Ohio frontier : genteel expectations and rustic realities -- Literary crossroads : travel narrative, poetry, and novel -- Capturing experience : travel narrative and letter, a comparative view.

ISBN:

9780821416747
082141674X (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63108331

LCCN:

2006000708

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)