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Ocean Bound Women is an intriguing first-hand narrative of
circumnavigating the globe in the 1880s. Based on family documents
stored in a seaman's chest, this book provides a scholarly account
of the history of the Swedish sailing-ship Atlantic (1876-1911) and
her crew.Part of the book is based upon a diary written by a
Scandinavian woman, which stands as the uniting text for the years
1885-1887, connecting the reader to all events in the chronicle.
Other sources consist of manuscripts, documents and accounts
collected from family descendants along with oral traditions and
personal memories-all hitherto unpublished.This is a touching life
story of two motherless sisters who took on a ship in their teens:
a book about life on the oceans and meeting with people of many
different nations.
Ocean Bound Women is an intriguing first-hand narrative of
circumnavigating the globe in the 1880s. Based on family documents
stored in a seaman's chest, this book provides a scholarly account
of the history of the Swedish sailing-ship Atlantic (1876-1911) and
her crew.Part of the book is based upon a diary written by a
Scandinavian woman, which stands as the uniting text for the years
1885-1887, connecting the reader to all events in the chronicle.
Other sources consist of manuscripts, documents and accounts
collected from family descendants along with oral traditions and
personal memories-all hitherto unpublished.This is a touching life
story of two motherless sisters who took on a ship in their teens:
a book about life on the oceans and meeting with people of many
different nations.
The complex relationship between psychic structures, social norms,
and aesthetic representations is a challenge for every analysis of
the historical manifestations of human desire. Pangs of Love and
Longing: Configurations of Desire in Premodern Literature sets out
to provide a deeper understanding of this relation by an assessment
of linguistic and artistic configurations of desire in European
literature from Antiquity to the Early Modern period. The aim is to
explore historic continuities and ruptures in attitudes towards
sexuality, pleasures and bodies, as these are represented in a
variety of cultural forms, in order to demonstrate the plurality of
premodern desire - and, ultimately, to offer fresh perspectives on
our present reality. The seventeen scholars participating in the
anthology bring together theories and assessments from different
areas of the Humanities - German, French, Italian, Spanish,
English, and Comparative Literature, History of Ideas and of Art,
Theology, Philosophy and Gender Studies. They are all engaged in
cross-disciplinary activities at universities in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark, and they all participate in the Scandinavian network
"Configurations of Desire in Premodern Literature" initiated in
2010.
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