 | Gamle Norge and Nineteenth-Century British Women Travellers in Norway Subjects: Women travelers -- Norway -- History -- 19th century; Women travelers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Travel writing -- Norway -- History -- 19th century; Travel writing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; British -- Norway -- Histor; 'Gamle Norge and Nineteenth-Century British Women Travellers in Norway' presents an account of the development of tourism in nineteenth-century Norway and considers the ways in which women travellers depicted their travels to the region. Tracing the motivations of various groups of women travellers, such as sportswomen, tourists and aristocrats, this book argues that in their writing, Norway forms a counterpoint to Victorian Britain: a place of freedom and possibility. Kathryn Walchester is a lecturer in English and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University. |
