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'... an impressive work, scholarly and readable, a collective intellectual and artistic biography that weaves together its ten subjects in illuminating and revelatory ways. Scholars of these authors should certainly consult Hughes's work, and students of the global nineteenth century will want to consider her account of how these Victorian women's German experiences shaped their sense of themselves as citizens of the world.' Anne DeWitt, Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies '... detailed, nuanced and extremely readable.' Flore Janssen, Victorian Popular Fictions '... well written and researched, Linda Hughes's book consists of a set of essays connected by the surprisingly rich and diverse group of nineteenth-century women writers and travellers who interacted with Germany and its literature and culture ... Some of the best insights in Hughes's book come in the passages on Anna Jameson, who deserves the detailed attention shereceives here as a pioneer of lone womanhood travelling, discussing and writing about Germany, particularly its art.' Rosemary Ashton, The Times Literary Supplement 'well written asnd researched' Rosemary Ashton, Times Literary Supplement

'well written asnd researched' Rosemary Ashton, Times Literary Supplement '… well written and researched, Linda Hughes's book consists of a set of essays connected by the surprisingly rich and diverse group of nineteenth-century women writers and travellers who interacted with Germany and its literature and culture … Some of the best insights in Hughes's book come in the passages on Anna Jameson, who deserves the detailed attention shereceives here as a pioneer of lone womanhood travelling, discussing and writing about Germany, particularly its art.' Rosemary Ashton, The Times Literary Supplement '… detailed, nuanced and extremely readable.' Flore Janssen, Victorian Popular Fictions '… an impressive work, scholarly and readable, a collective intellectual and artistic biography that weaves together its ten subjects in illuminating and revelatory ways. Scholars of these authors should certainly consult Hughes's work, and students of the global nineteenth century will want to consider her account of how these Victorian women's German experiences shaped their sense of themselves as citizens of the world.' Anne DeWitt, Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies 'excellent' Colton Valentine, Style 'The achievement of Hughes's book, founded on consummate scholarship, documented history, and piercing critical insight, is to shed new light on the richly complex lives of her ten subjects, as well as their shared attraction to [the] country.' James Diedrick, Victorian Studies 'Linda K. Hughes brings Anglo-German literary relations to the foreground of this ambitious study[, which] traces the increasing mobility, independence, and cosmopolitanism of successive generations of women writers who worked in conversation with their German counterparts and were immeasurably enriched by the exchange.' Joanne Shattock, Victorian Periodicals Review

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Linda K. Hughes is Addie Levy Professor of Literature at Texas Christian University. She edited The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Women's Poetry (Cambridge University Press, 2019) and has published extensively on long nineteenth century literature, culture, and women's and gender studies. Her earlier books include The Cambridge Introduction to Victorian Poetry (Cambridge University Press, 2010) and Graham R.: Rosamund Marriott Watson, Woman of Letters (2005), which received the Colby Prize.

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