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Alison E. Martin, Lut Missinne and Beatrix van Dam (eds.). Travel Writing in Dutch and German, 1790-1930. Modernity, Regionality, Mobility

2019; University of Groningen Press; Volume: 8; Linguagem: Inglês

10.21827/ejlw.8.35484

2211-243X

Sandra Vlasta,

History, Culture, and Diplomacy

The study of travel writing has been a growing field both in historical and in literary studies during the past thirty years.The founding of research centres and journals dedicated to the subject underline this increased interest, so does the book series Research in Travel Writing, edited by peter hulmes and Tim Youngs, two well-known scholars in the field, and published by routledge.The collected volume Travel Writing in Dutch and German, 1790-1930.Modernity, Regionality, Mobility is one of the latest books in this series.in this volume, that goes back to a conference held in Münster in 2013, the editors lut Missinne (Münster), alison e. Martin (reading) and Beatrix van Dam (Münster) combine chapters on travel writing in Dutch and german about the Dutch-and german-speaking regions.Thus, the book comprises contributions on german travellers in Dutch-speaking regions including Belgium, and Dutch-speaking travellers in german-speaking regions but also travellers in the then Dutch colony of Suriname and in the Dutch east indies as well as archival and scientific travellers' journeys in both the german-and the Dutch-speaking regions. in so doing, the collection sheds light on the cultural and intellectual exchange between these regions and concentrates on a body of hitherto less studied travellers.Travelling was very popular in the nineteenth century, not least due to changing material and financial conditions.Still, modes and perceptions of travel varied: accordingly, as the editors explain in their introduction, a further aim of the volume is to investigate the different motivations, forms and destinations of travels in the Dutch-and german-speaking regions. in fact, the travellers under scrutiny are as varied as professional scholars, writers, art dealers, soldiers, (female) explorers and scientific collectors.furthermore, the specific focus of the volume allowed for the integration of new areas of research and first findings, for