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This book revisits images of the Balkans in twentieth-century travel writing that vividly mirrors the turbulent changes that the region went through. As such, it provides a vital basis for research into the variety of possibilities, or obstacles, present on the region's path to accession, when its unique heritage will have to be reconciled with a more European identity. This volume explores the work of well-known authors, such as Rebecca West, Paul Theroux, Robert D. Kaplan, and also contributes to travel writing theory by addressing less-known travellers who recorded their thoughts on the soc

Travel writing. --- Travel writing --- Travel --- Authorship --- History and criticism. --- Balkan Peninsula --- Balkan States --- Balkans --- Europe, Southeastern --- Southeastern Europe --- In literature.

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"Presenting a critical, yet innovative, perspective on the cultural interactions between the 'East' and the 'West,' this book questions the role of travel in the production of knowledge and in the construction of the idea of the 'Islamic city.' This volume brings together authors from various disciplines, questioning the role of Western travel writing in the production of knowledge about the East, particularly focusing on the cities of the Muslim world. Instead of concentrating on a specific era, chapters span the Medieval and Modern eras in order to present the transformation of both the idea of the 'Islamic city' and also the act of traveling and travel writing. Missions to the East, whether initiated by military, religious, economic, scientific, diplomatic or touristic purposes, resulted in a continuous construction, de-construction and re-construction of the 'self' and the 'other.' Including travel accounts, which depicted cities, extending from Europe to Asia and from Africa to Arabia, chapters epitomize the construction of the 'Orient' via textual or visual representations. By examining various tools of representation such as drawings, paintings, cartography, and photography in depicting the urban landscape in constant flux, the book emphasizes the role of the mobile individual in defining city space and producing urban culture. Scrutinising the role of travellers in producing the image of the world we know today, this book is recommended for researchers, scholars and students of Middle Eastern Studies, Cultural Studies, Architecture and Urbanism"--

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Although much has been written about how the novel relates to the epic, the drama, or autobiography, no one has clearly analyzed the complex connections between prose fiction as it evolved before 1800 and the literature of travel, which by that date had a long and colorful history.Percy Adams skilfully portrays the emergence of the novel in the fiction of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and traces in rich detail the history of travel literature from its beginnings to the time of James Cook, contemporary of Richardson and Fielding. And since the recit de voyage and the novel were then

Voyages and travels. --- Travel in literature. --- Travel writing --- Voyages, Imaginary --- Travelers' writings --- European fiction --- Voyages and travels in literature --- European literature --- Journeys --- Travel books --- Travels --- Trips --- Voyages and travels --- Geography --- Adventure and adventurers --- Travel --- Travelers --- History. --- History and criticism. --- Roman européen --- Voyage dans la littérature. --- Voyage --- Écrits de voyageurs --- Voyages. --- Voyages imaginaires --- journeys. --- Travel in literature --- Histoire et critique. --- Art d'écrire --- Histoire. --- Renaissance --- 1450-1799