Travelling regionalism and the art of comparison

Palmer, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3006-7578, 2025. Travelling regionalism and the art of comparison. In: Bruna, G, Corporaal, M, Cusack, C, van Os, S and Scholten, A, eds., Transnational representations of the region, 1840-1940. Nijmegen, Netherlands: Radboud University Press, pp. 34-53. ISBN 9789465150987

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Abstract

Regional writing is often assumed to be a rooted genre, but it is edited, published, circulated, and read beyond the confines of its original locality. Addressing the theory of comparison that underpins comparative studies of regionalism today, this chapter considers the seeming paradox between rootedness and portability by relating the writings of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) to regional writing by the German writer Ilse Frapan (1849-1908), the Irish writer Jane Barlow (1857-1917), and the English writer Mary E. Mann (1848-1929). This type of reading for correspondences and relations between writers of different geographical contexts illustrates that the nascent or subtle feminism that critics have long associated with American women regionalists was shared across women regionalists from other national contexts.

Item Type:	Chapter in book
Creators:	Palmer, S.
Publisher:	Radboud University Press
Place of Publication:	Nijmegen, Netherlands
Date:	8 September 2025
ISBN:	9789465150987
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.54195/FQTN2987_CH01 DOI 2496249 Other
Rights:	© 2025 Giulia Bruna, Marguérite Corporaal, Chris Cusack, Sophie van Os, Anneloek Scholten (Volume editor). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jeremy Silvester
Date Added:	19 Sep 2025 10:03
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2025 10:03
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URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/54371

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