The Osprey Notes extends the map of Edith Whartonâs travel writing by rendering available short texts related to Wharton and travel from the Wharton Collection of the Beinecke Rare Book Collection at Yale University. It features the text of Edith Whartonâs previously unpublished Osprey notebook about her cruise to the Aegean in 1926, her early essay on seeing âEducation of through the Eyes,â and her poem âPenelopeâ by courtesy of the Watkins and Loomis Agency. The archival material documents Whartonâs ongoing early interest in architecture, travel from the perspective of a woman, and writing about travel: at the intersection of these issues lies Whartonâs travel writing. The introductory essay locates Whartonâs 1888 journal and 1926 notebook about the Aegean, The Cruise of the Vanadis and the Osprey Notes, in the context of her theories about architecture in general and her other travel writing in particular. The texts provide new contexts for each other as well. This volume will be of interest to students, teachers and researchers alike.
The Osprey Notes extends the map of Edith Whartonâs travel writing by rendering available short texts related to Wharton and travel from the Wharton Collection of the Beinecke Rare Book Collection at Yale University. It features the text of Edith Whartonâs previously unpublished Osprey notebook about her cruise to the Aegean in 1926, her early essay on seeing âEducation of through the Eyes,â and her poem âPenelopeâ by courtesy of the Watkins and Loomis Agency. The archival material documents Whartonâs ongoing early interest in architecture, travel from the perspective of a woman, and writing about travel: at the intersection of these issues lies Whartonâs travel writing. The introductory essay locates Whartonâs 1888 journal and 1926 notebook about the Aegean, The Cruise of the Vanadis and the Osprey Notes, in the context of her theories about architecture in general and her other travel writing in particular. The texts provide new contexts for each other as well. This volume will be of interest to students, teachers and researchers alike.