Women travelers in Egypt in the nineteenth century saw aspects of the country unseen by their male counterparts, as they spent time both in the harems of Cairo and with the women they met along the Nile. Some of them, like Sarah Belzoni and Sophia Poole, spoke Arabic. Others wrote engagingly of their experiences as observers of an exotic culture, with special access to some places no man could ever go. From Eliza Fay's description of arriving in Egypt in 1779 to Rosemary Mahoney's daring trip down the Nile in a rowboat in 2006, this lively collection of writing by women travelers includes Lady…mehr
Women travelers in Egypt in the nineteenth century saw aspects of the country unseen by their male counterparts, as they spent time both in the harems of Cairo and with the women they met along the Nile. Some of them, like Sarah Belzoni and Sophia Poole, spoke Arabic. Others wrote engagingly of their experiences as observers of an exotic culture, with special access to some places no man could ever go. From Eliza Fay's description of arriving in Egypt in 1779 to Rosemary Mahoney's daring trip down the Nile in a rowboat in 2006, this lively collection of writing by women travelers includes Lady Evelyn Cobbold, Isabella Bird, Norma Lorimer, Harriet Martineau, Florence Nightingale, Amelia Edwards, and Lucie Duff Gordon.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Deborah Manley is the author of a number of books on Egypt and the editor of A Cairo Anthology (AUC Press, 2013) and co-editor of A Nile Anthology (AUC Press, 2015).
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Introduction Alexandria, the Delta, and Suez What You Need to Bring, 1861 M.L.M. Carey Arriving in Egypt, 1779 Eliza Fay Entering Alexandria, 1842 Sophia Poole The Pacha's Palace, 1861 M.L.M. Carey Onward to Cairo, 1988 Bettina Selby Women of the Delta, 1827 Anne Katherine Elwood First Sight of the Pyramids, 1846 Harriet Martineau Cairo Arriving from the Desert, 1844 Countess Hahn Hahn So Much for an Artist to See, 1899 E.M. Merrick The Scene from my Balcony, 1907 Norma Lorimer Passing in the Streets, 1852 Ida Pfeiffer The City at Night, 1870 Mary Whately Our Neighbours, May 25, 1863 Lucie Duff Gordon Processions Past the Window, 1842 Sophia Poole Khan El-Khaleelee, November, 1842 Sophia Poole Beautiful Architecture, 1907 Norma Lorimer The Cotton Bazaar-and the Water-carriers, 1914 E.L. Butcher The Bath, April, 1844 Sophia Poole The Environs of Cairo The Tombs of the Mameluke Sultans, 1828 Sarah Lushington The Pasha's Country Palace, 1828 Sarah Lushington The Pasha's Garden at Shoobra, 1853 Lady Tobin Ascending the Pyramid, 1845 Harriet Martineau A Trip into the Interior, 1938 Mary Chubb Up the Nile from Cairo Our Dahabieh, 1844 Isabel Romer A Prayer on Starting, 1842 Sophia Poole Our Boat from Luxor, 1827 Sarah Lushington Met along the Way, 1875 Mary Whately Nile Days-on the S.S. Ramses the Great, 1907 Norma Lorimer Meeting Crocodiles, 1845 Isabel Romer Met on the Nile, 1827 Wolfradine Minutoli Harvest, January 1874 Marianne North Nubia and Beyond and Turning North Approaching Nubia, 1861 M.L.M. Carey The Nubian Women, 1827 Wolfradine Minutoli Assouan, 1844 Countess Hahn Hahn The High Dam, 2006 Rosemary Mahoney The Adventure of the Cataract, January 25, 1882 Sophia de Franqueville The Temple of Isis, 1855 Lady Tobin The Tropic of Cancer, 1873 Amelia Edwards Dakkeh, Maharaka, Wady es Subua-and Abu Simbel, 1851 Emily Hornby A Mighty Abode, 1907 Norma Lorimer The Furthest Point, 1847 Harriet Martineau Two Cultures to Wadi Halfa, 1988 Bettina Selby Down the Cataract, March, 1874 Marianne Brocklehurst Northward down the Nile North from Assouan, 1855 Lady Tobin Night Noises on the Nile, 2006 Rosemary Mahoney Rowing down the Nile, 2006 Rosemary Mahoney The Alme Dancers,1861 M.L.M. Carey Back in Cairo, 1854 Lady Tobin 7: Luxor and the West Bank-the Thebes of Old Arrival at Thebes, 1817 Sarah Belzoni Luxor Temple-Far and Near, 1843 Countess Hahn Hahn Trade in Antiquities, 1874 Amelia Edwards The Unrivalled Ruins of Karnak, 1859 Emily Anne Beaufort Last Scenes at Luxor, 1847 Harriet Martineau "Belzoni's Tomb," 1824 Anne Katherine Elwood Praise for the Paintings, 1828 Sarah Lushington Mummies, 1828 Sarah Lushington Egypt Beyond the Nile-the Desert The First Day Out, 1899 Emily Hornby No Water in the Desert, 1876 Isabella Bird The Khamsin, 1848 Harriet Martineau Beyond the Desert-and an Afreet, 1911 Lady Evelyn Cobbold The Travelers: Brief Biographies Bibliography Acknowledgments Illustration Sources
Introduction Alexandria, the Delta, and Suez What You Need to Bring, 1861 M.L.M. Carey Arriving in Egypt, 1779 Eliza Fay Entering Alexandria, 1842 Sophia Poole The Pacha's Palace, 1861 M.L.M. Carey Onward to Cairo, 1988 Bettina Selby Women of the Delta, 1827 Anne Katherine Elwood First Sight of the Pyramids, 1846 Harriet Martineau Cairo Arriving from the Desert, 1844 Countess Hahn Hahn So Much for an Artist to See, 1899 E.M. Merrick The Scene from my Balcony, 1907 Norma Lorimer Passing in the Streets, 1852 Ida Pfeiffer The City at Night, 1870 Mary Whately Our Neighbours, May 25, 1863 Lucie Duff Gordon Processions Past the Window, 1842 Sophia Poole Khan El-Khaleelee, November, 1842 Sophia Poole Beautiful Architecture, 1907 Norma Lorimer The Cotton Bazaar-and the Water-carriers, 1914 E.L. Butcher The Bath, April, 1844 Sophia Poole The Environs of Cairo The Tombs of the Mameluke Sultans, 1828 Sarah Lushington The Pasha's Country Palace, 1828 Sarah Lushington The Pasha's Garden at Shoobra, 1853 Lady Tobin Ascending the Pyramid, 1845 Harriet Martineau A Trip into the Interior, 1938 Mary Chubb Up the Nile from Cairo Our Dahabieh, 1844 Isabel Romer A Prayer on Starting, 1842 Sophia Poole Our Boat from Luxor, 1827 Sarah Lushington Met along the Way, 1875 Mary Whately Nile Days-on the S.S. Ramses the Great, 1907 Norma Lorimer Meeting Crocodiles, 1845 Isabel Romer Met on the Nile, 1827 Wolfradine Minutoli Harvest, January 1874 Marianne North Nubia and Beyond and Turning North Approaching Nubia, 1861 M.L.M. Carey The Nubian Women, 1827 Wolfradine Minutoli Assouan, 1844 Countess Hahn Hahn The High Dam, 2006 Rosemary Mahoney The Adventure of the Cataract, January 25, 1882 Sophia de Franqueville The Temple of Isis, 1855 Lady Tobin The Tropic of Cancer, 1873 Amelia Edwards Dakkeh, Maharaka, Wady es Subua-and Abu Simbel, 1851 Emily Hornby A Mighty Abode, 1907 Norma Lorimer The Furthest Point, 1847 Harriet Martineau Two Cultures to Wadi Halfa, 1988 Bettina Selby Down the Cataract, March, 1874 Marianne Brocklehurst Northward down the Nile North from Assouan, 1855 Lady Tobin Night Noises on the Nile, 2006 Rosemary Mahoney Rowing down the Nile, 2006 Rosemary Mahoney The Alme Dancers,1861 M.L.M. Carey Back in Cairo, 1854 Lady Tobin 7: Luxor and the West Bank-the Thebes of Old Arrival at Thebes, 1817 Sarah Belzoni Luxor Temple-Far and Near, 1843 Countess Hahn Hahn Trade in Antiquities, 1874 Amelia Edwards The Unrivalled Ruins of Karnak, 1859 Emily Anne Beaufort Last Scenes at Luxor, 1847 Harriet Martineau "Belzoni's Tomb," 1824 Anne Katherine Elwood Praise for the Paintings, 1828 Sarah Lushington Mummies, 1828 Sarah Lushington Egypt Beyond the Nile-the Desert The First Day Out, 1899 Emily Hornby No Water in the Desert, 1876 Isabella Bird The Khamsin, 1848 Harriet Martineau Beyond the Desert-and an Afreet, 1911 Lady Evelyn Cobbold The Travelers: Brief Biographies Bibliography Acknowledgments Illustration Sources
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