Using the rhetoric of the sublime, Wollstonecraft explores the relationship between self and society in the text. Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark is therefore both a travel narrative and an autobiographical memoir. The letters, which constitute the text, drawn from her journal and from missives she sent to Imlay, reflect her anger and melancholy over his repeated betrayals. However, over the course of the three months she spent in Scandinavia, she realized that Imlay had no intention of renewing the relationship. Believing that the journey would restore their strained relationship, she eagerly set off. Wollstonecraft undertook her tour of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark in order to retrieve a stolen treasure ship for her lover, Gilbert Imlay. Published by Wollstonecraft's career-long publisher, Joseph Johnson, it was the last work issued during her lifetime. The twenty-five letters cover a wide range of topics, from sociological reflections on Scandinavia and its peoples to philosophical questions regarding identity. Published in 1796, Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark is a personal travel narrative by the eighteenth-century British feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft. Download cover art Download CD case insert Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
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