Orientations
An Anthology of East European Travel Writing,
ca. 1550–2000
East Looks West, Vol. 1
Edited by
Wendy Bracewell, Senior Lecturer in History,
School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University
College London
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 a three-part set of
East Looks West. Vol. 2. Undern
Eastern Eyes. A Comparative Introduction to
East European Travel Writing on Europe. Vol. 3. A
Bibliography of East European Travel Writing on Europe.
Contents
East European Travel Writing: A Guide to Orientation
I. Europe in All its Variety (16th–18 th centuries)
Words for the Traveller Variations: Pilgrims, Emissaries,
Scholars and Adventurers II. Voyages of Discovery (18th-mid-19 th centuries) On Travel Writing Discoveries
in Europe Greeks: from the Latin West to Europe
South Slav travellers: Light and darkness, East and
West From Moldavia and Wallachia Hungarian reformers
From Poland, before and after partition Domopis:
Travel at Home Domopis: Slav Travels Variations:
Three Women III. On the Tourist Track (mid-19th century–1940s)
Tourists and Travel Writing The European Metropolis
Exoticism and the Self Domopis: Know your Country
Why Keep Writing about Travel? Variations IV. Europe
Divided (1945-1989) Tasks of Travel Writing Domopis:
Fraternal Travels Cold War Variations V. A Single Europe?
(since 1989) Notes for Further Reading
2009
424 pages
ISBN 978-963-9776-10-4 cloth $45.00 / €32.95 /
£30.00
ISBN 978-963-9776-09-8 ö (number of the set)
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