From Russia with Love: Souvenirs and Political Alliance in Martha Wilmot’s The Russian Journals

Authors

Pamela Buck, Sacred Heart UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

Although virtually unknown in literary studies today, Martha Wilmot's The Russian Journals remains an important text on the material circulation of things in an increasingly global eighteenth-century world.The Russian Journals describes her stay in Russia from 1803 to 1808 with family friend and powerful political figure Princess Dashkova. In particular, the souvenirs that she exchanges with Princess Dashkova shed light on how cultural and political connections were formed between Russia and Britain as well as how national identity was redefined on a more global scale.

Comments

ISBN 9781472413291

Used by permission of the Publishers ‘From Russia with Love: Souvenirs and Political Alliance in Martha Wilmot’s The Russian Journals’, in Eighteenth-Century Thing Theory in a Global Context eds. Ileana Baird and Christina Ionescu (Farnham: Ashgate, 2013). Copyright © 2013

Recommended Citation

Buck, Pamela. "From Russia with Love: Souvenirs and Political Alliance in Martha Wilmot’s The Russian Journals." Eighteenth-Century Thing Theory in a Global Context: From Consumerism to Celebrity Culture. Eds. Ileana Baird and Christina Ionescu. Farnham, Surrey, UK; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2013.