Travel and Travail: Early Modern Women, English Drama, and the Wider World

Travel and Travail (University of Nebraska Press) centers on the travel habits of early modern women. Despite beliefs that travelling women were inherently suspicious or dishonest, they were plentiful in their era — both on the stage and in real life. Akhimie’s book refutes the notion of female travel as an “absent presence,” and showcases historical and literary women travelers in the global Renaissance.