Norwegian Travel Writing Corpus: 744 Books from 1800–1900

744 bibliographic records describe published travelogues about Norway from the 19th century. The Norreis corpus was exported from the National Library of Norway's Alma library system for a PhD project in Scandinavian literary studies at NTNU. Data collection followed strict criteria for medium, publication year, genre, and geographic focus.

Use Cases

• Bibliographic mapping based on the collection of 744 book records
• Corpus building for distant reading approaches based on the defined genre and time period
• Comparative studies of travel literature across national traditions based on the focused geographic scope

Strengths

• Contains 744 bibliographic records
• Covers a defined 100-year period from 1800 to 1900
• Data sourced from the authoritative catalogue of the National Library of Norway

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

National Library of Norway catalogue, exported from the Alma library system

Collection Method

Collected using defined criteria for medium, publication year, genre, and geographic area

Time Range

1800–1900

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-17 10:10:12; freshness should be verified

Geography

Norway