Orientations : an anthology of East European travel writing, ca. 1550-2000 / edited by Wendy Bracewell.

Contributor(s):

Bracewell, Wendy

Material type: Text

TextSeries: East looks West ; v. 1.Publication details: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 402 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781441635853
1441635858
1283248034
9781283248037
9786155211768
6155211760
9786613248039
6613248037
9639776106
9789639776104
9789639776098
9639776092

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Orientations.DDC classification:

809/.935914 22

LOC classification:

PN849.E92 O75 2009eb

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Contents:

Europe in all its variety (16th-18th centuries) -- Voyages of discovery (Late 18th to Mid-19th century) -- On the tourist track (1850s-1930s) -- Europe divided (1945-1989) -- A single Europe? (since 1989).

Summary: "This anthology introduces readers to the rich body of travel writing from eastern Europe. It presents a selection of accounts written over the past 450 years, chosen from many different types of author - from the well-known to the obscure - and representing many different genres of travel writing, from personal letters to self-consciously literary exercises. The extracts illustrate the variety of ways in which east Europeans have written about Europe, and their place in relation to it."--Publisher's description.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This anthology introduces readers to the rich body of travel writing from eastern Europe. It presents a selection of accounts written over the past 450 years, chosen from many different types of author - from the well-known to the obscure - and representing many different genres of travel writing, from personal letters to self-consciously literary exercises. The extracts illustrate the variety of ways in which east Europeans have written about Europe, and their place in relation to it."--Publisher's description.