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Orientations : An Anthology of European Travel Writing on Europe / ed. by Wendy Bracewell.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: East Looks WestPublisher: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2009]Copyright date: 2009Description: 1 online resource (424 p.)Content type:
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  • 9786155211768
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809/.935914 22
LOC classification:
  • PN849.E92 O75 2009eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- East European Travel Writing: A Guide to Orientation -- I. Europe in All its Variety (16th–18th centuries) -- II. Voyages of Discovery (Late 18th to Mid-19th Century) -- III. On the Tourist Track (1850s–1930s) -- IV. Europe Divided (1945–1989) -- Notes on Further Reading -- Copyright Acknowledgements -- Index
Summary: Excerpts from over 100 travel writings of Europe, from 16th c. pilgrimage diaries thru early specimens of modern tourism accounts to 20th c. impressions from the other side of the Iron Curtain By focusing on east European travel writings, this work enlarges both the documentary base and the terms of the debate over a rich source for discussions of identities and mentalities; knowledge and power; gender; and cultural change. The texts – chosen for their relevance, but literary criteria have also been taken into account – illustrate the variety of ways in which east Europeans have written about the West. Most of the material is presented in English for the first time or, in a few cases, rescued from dusty oblivion in long out-of-print volumes. Each text is introduced with a short passage placing it in context. This is the first volume of the three-part set East Looks West. Vol. 2. Under Eastern Eyes. A Comparative Introduction to East European Travel Writing on Europe, 1550–2000; Vol. 3. A Bibliography of East European Travel Writing on Europe.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- East European Travel Writing: A Guide to Orientation -- I. Europe in All its Variety (16th–18th centuries) -- II. Voyages of Discovery (Late 18th to Mid-19th Century) -- III. On the Tourist Track (1850s–1930s) -- IV. Europe Divided (1945–1989) -- Notes on Further Reading -- Copyright Acknowledgements -- Index

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Excerpts from over 100 travel writings of Europe, from 16th c. pilgrimage diaries thru early specimens of modern tourism accounts to 20th c. impressions from the other side of the Iron Curtain By focusing on east European travel writings, this work enlarges both the documentary base and the terms of the debate over a rich source for discussions of identities and mentalities; knowledge and power; gender; and cultural change. The texts – chosen for their relevance, but literary criteria have also been taken into account – illustrate the variety of ways in which east Europeans have written about the West. Most of the material is presented in English for the first time or, in a few cases, rescued from dusty oblivion in long out-of-print volumes. Each text is introduced with a short passage placing it in context. This is the first volume of the three-part set East Looks West. Vol. 2. Under Eastern Eyes. A Comparative Introduction to East European Travel Writing on Europe, 1550–2000; Vol. 3. A Bibliography of East European Travel Writing on Europe.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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