Under Eastern Eyes
Download or Read eBook Under Eastern Eyes PDF written by Wendy Bracewell and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Wendy Bracewell |
| Publisher | : Central European University Press |
| Total Pages | : 408 |
| Release | : 2008-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9639776114 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9789639776111 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Under Eastern Eyes by : Wendy Bracewell
Book excerpt: Twelve studies explicitly developed to elaborate on travel writing published in book form by east Europeans travelling in Europe from ca. 1550 to 2000. How did east Europeans have positioned themselves with relation to the notion of Europe, and how has the genre of travel writing served as a means of exploring and disseminating these ideas? A truly comparative and collective work with a substantial introductory study, the book has taken full advantage of the interdisciplinary and comparative potential of the team of project scholars working in the different national literatures, from different disciplinary perspectives
