Manuscript Stories: Unconventional Women in the History of Travel Writing
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Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square
The eighteenth century is often associated with ‘the rise of print’ – a phenomenon that supposedly brought books into the hands of an unprecedented range of readers. This talk examines the concurrent stream of manuscript publication, which enabled unconventional writers of the period to circulate their texts. By focusing on the travel writing and literary networks of Irish sisters Katherine (1773-1824) and Martha Wilmot (1775-1873), this paper considers how research on lesser-known and complex subjects can reshape disciplines and open new areas of investigation.
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Sue Wiseman
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Dr Alexis Wolf
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Alexis Wolf is a researcher of women’s literary history. She co-edited The Palgrave Handbook of Women & Science since 1660 (2022). Her first monograph, Transnational Women Writers in the Wilmot Coterie, 1798-1840: Beyond Borders and Boundaries, was published by Boydell & Brewer in 2024.