Orientations
Subtitle: an anthology of East European travel writing : ca. 1550-2000
By: edited by Wendy Bracewell.
Contributors: Bracewell, Wendy.
Series: East looks West -- v. 1
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Budapest; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9789639776104
Subjects: Travelers' writings, East European; East Europeans -- Travel -- Europe -- History; Europe -- Description and travel
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.