Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Ida Pfeiffer, annotated travels, travel literature
College
Humanities
Department
Germanic and Slavic Languages
Abstract
Before beginning this project I was aware of the vast variety of literature available in both English and German language. Having been fortunate enough to work with Dr. McFarland already on the Sophie Project, an undertaking of the Department of German and Russian here at BYU. However, I was aware that much of the existing travel literature from Ida Pfeiffer had not been collected— additionally, the original Fraktur script made it difficult for less-experienced German speakers to read and understand. In this project, I opted to transcribe and annotate the travels of Ida Pfeiffer in the United States. Being a European myself, I was excited to begin work on this specific area of literature regarding German women’s thought on America.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Alexander and McFarland, Dr. Rob
(2015)
"Ida Pfeiffer: The Annotated Travels of Ida Pfeiffer,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2015:
Iss.
1, Article 104.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2015/iss1/104