MERLIT Researcher presents 'The two Cents of a Woman Travelling in Isabella Frances Romer’s "A Pilgrimage to the Temples and Tombs in Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, in 1845-6"' at the University of Gent, Belgium

In this talk, MERLIT Researcher, Maxime Honinx will discuss how Isabella Frances Romer attempts to avoid 'the squeezing of a squeezed lemon' in her 1846 travelogue, A Pilgrimage to the Temples and Tombs of Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, in 1845-6. By highlighting the stylistic and narrative techniques in her text as it tackles complex cultural contexts, historical vignettes and an unsteady political landscape through the eyes of a woman travelling, the talk sets out to explore how Romer tried to navigate writing on the popular topics of Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, whilst also negotiating specific generic expectations of the travelogue genre.

Main image: Isabella Frances Romer by Alfred, Count D'Orsay. Pencil and chalk, 1847
NPG 4026(50) © National Portrait Gallery, London