Travel literature/writings is, “A genre of writing in which the author describes places they have visited and their experiences while travelling.” This type of writing is when someone explains their journey or traveling through their writing. They will take their adventures, beautiful sights they saw and put it in writing, it is very similar to a documentary. “The genre of travel literature encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs.”

In Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. By Mary Wollstonecraft writes about her journey through many places. This book is a journal entry on her travels and Mary Wollstonecraft goes into great detail about everything she saw. You can tell in her writings she really had a passion for traveling. While reading her book you felt like you were sitting there with Mary Wollstonecraft looking at the mountains, water, landscape, etc. That is exactly how a travel writer should write. Someone reading a traveling book wants to feel like they are with the person, and it should make you want to go with the person. Mary Wollstonecraft writings can put images in your head as if you are actually there. She focused on the people, cultures, nature and the life of all the people she met. Mary Wollstonecraft always dove into any of her experiences in her travels, and then used that to write a book where people can appreciate the travels.

Wollstonecraft, Mary, et al. Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Oxford University Press, 2009.

“Travel Writing | Definition of Travel Writing in English by Oxford Dictionaries.” Oxford Dictionaries | English, Oxford Dictionaries, en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/travelwriting.

“Travel Literature.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 12 May 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_iterature.