Exotic Norths? Representations of Northern Scandinavia in S. H. Kent's Within the Arctic Circle and Bayard Taylor's Northern Travel
In this article I analyse aspects connected to exoticism in Bayard Taylor's Northern Travel (1858) and Susannah Henrietta Kent's Within the Arctic Circle (1877). Despite gender differences and different seasons in which the travellers undertake their trips, there are similarities between t...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/1047 2023-05-15T14:54:10+02:00 Exotic Norths? Representations of Northern Scandinavia in S. H. Kent's Within the Arctic Circle and Bayard Taylor's Northern Travel Leavenworth, Maria Lindgren 2010-10-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1047 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1047 nor nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1047/1001 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1047 doi:10.7557/13.1047 Copyright (c) 2010 Maria Lindgren Leavenworth http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Nordlit; No 26 (2010): Regular Issue 2010; 1-14 Nordlit; Nr 26 (2010): Åpent nummer 2010; 1-14 1503-2086 0809-1668 Bayard Taylor S. H. Kent Northern Travel Within the Arctic Circle exoticising exoticism imperialist exoticism Scandinavia the North discourse modernity info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2010 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1047 2021-08-16T15:26:29Z In this article I analyse aspects connected to exoticism in Bayard Taylor's Northern Travel (1858) and Susannah Henrietta Kent's Within the Arctic Circle (1877). Despite gender differences and different seasons in which the travellers undertake their trips, there are similarities between the texts which indicate that discourses connected to the destination to an extent structure representations and determine what is to be rendered as exotic. The close readings are focused on Kent's and Taylor's depictions of Sami life, the cold, the perceived 'backwardness' of the area, the midnight sun and the northern lights. The analyses illustrate that two forms of exoticism feature in the travelogues; an exoticising exoticism figure aspects of the landscape and the people which are benevolently viewed and not in need of improvement or change, and an imperialist exoticism structure depictions of aspects which are seen as in need of amendment. Kent and Taylor express different aims with their journeys; the former to establish the area as a 'safe' destination for travellers of both genders and all ages, the latter to test his masculinity against the harsh climate. These different aims, as well as the time period which sees Scandinavia established as a tourist destination, thus threatening what was perceived as authentic travel experiences, are also discussed in the analyses of how both travellers vacillate between different exoticconstructions of the North. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic sami midnight sun University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Arctic Bayard ENVELOPE(-62.233,-62.233,-64.933,-64.933) Nordlit 14 1 1 |
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In this article I analyse aspects connected to exoticism in Bayard Taylor's Northern Travel (1858) and Susannah Henrietta Kent's Within the Arctic Circle (1877). Despite gender differences and different seasons in which the travellers undertake their trips, there are similarities between the texts which indicate that discourses connected to the destination to an extent structure representations and determine what is to be rendered as exotic. The close readings are focused on Kent's and Taylor's depictions of Sami life, the cold, the perceived 'backwardness' of the area, the midnight sun and the northern lights. The analyses illustrate that two forms of exoticism feature in the travelogues; an exoticising exoticism figure aspects of the landscape and the people which are benevolently viewed and not in need of improvement or change, and an imperialist exoticism structure depictions of aspects which are seen as in need of amendment. Kent and Taylor express different aims with their journeys; the former to establish the area as a 'safe' destination for travellers of both genders and all ages, the latter to test his masculinity against the harsh climate. These different aims, as well as the time period which sees Scandinavia established as a tourist destination, thus threatening what was perceived as authentic travel experiences, are also discussed in the analyses of how both travellers vacillate between different exoticconstructions of the North. |
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Exotic Norths? Representations of Northern Scandinavia in S. H. Kent's Within the Arctic Circle and Bayard Taylor's Northern Travel |
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