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This article examines travel letters that Ljubomir Nenadović (1826-1895) wrote from Switzerland (1847), Italy (1850-1851) and Germany (1870). Marking three different phases in the literary biography of their author, these texts provide evidence of the travel letter's polyphonic nature. We argue that the dynamic shape and narrative texture of Nenadović's letters find their source in the nature of the differences that he observes and identifies, differences that distinguish these countries from his Serbian homeland and, more generally, from the cultural and geographic space of the Slavs.

Travel writing. --- Nenadović, Ljubomir P.,

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In its attention to the 'keywords of travel', Keywords for Travel Writing Studies' takes into account the established status of studies in travel writing and the field's significance for an audience beyond the academy. It responds to what might be described as the 'mobility turn' in the arts and humanities over the past two decades. Each entry in the volume is around 1,000 words, and the style is more essayistic than encyclopaedic, with contributors providing a reflection on their chosen keyword from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The emphasis on travelogues and other cultural representations of mobility drawn from a range of national and linguistic traditions ensures that the volume has a comparative dimension; the aim is to give an overview of each term in its historical and theoretical complexity, providing readers with a clear sense of how the selected words are essential to a critical understanding of travel writing. Each entry is complemented by an annotated bibliography of five essential items suggesting further reading.

Travel writing. --- Travel --- Authorship --- Travel writing --- Travelers' writings --- History and criticism --- E-books

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Jérôme Lalande craignait le mal de mer. C’est pourquoi il refusa de se joindre à l’une quelconque des nombreuses expéditions (à l’organisation desquelles il avait activement participé) destinées à étudier le passage de Vénus devant le Soleil (en 1761 et 1769), en vue de déterminer la parallaxe de ce dernier (d’où sa distance). Il ne reste pas moins qu’il fut un voyageur impénitent sur notre continent. Ce fut d’abord, il était encore très jeune, son voyage à Berlin : c’est là qu’il observa la Lune (concurremment à son collègue et ami l’abbé de La Caille qui, lui, observait au cap de Bonne-Espérance). Il s’agissait de déterminer la parallaxe de la Lune. En Angleterre Lalande fit deux voyages dont l’un est relaté dans les lettres à Madame du Piéry (voir Lalaniana I). Son voyage en Italie est amplement décrit dans son ouvrage très détaillé sur le périple qu’il effectua dans la péninsule. Enfin l’on sait que son voyage à Gotha sur l’invitation de son ami von Zach se transforma en quelque sorte en un véritable colloque international autour de lui. Le voyage de Lalande en Hollande n’a pas bénéficié d’autant de célébrité, mais l’astronome a laissé un Journal de voyage passionnant dans un petit carnet, très simple et d’une écriture rapide, qui est conservé à la bibliothèque de l’Institut de France. C’est ce Journal que nous avons déchiffré, analysé, édité et commenté, dans le présent volume.

Travel writing --- Astronomy --- Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de, - 1732-1807

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Bringing together original contributions from scholars around the world, this volume traces the history of travel writing from antiquity to the Internet age. It examines travel texts of several national or linguistic traditions, introducing readers to the global contexts of the genre. From wilderness to the urban, from Nigeria to the polar regions, from mountains to rivers and the desert, this book explores some of the key places and physical features represented in travel writing. Chapters also consider the employment in travel writing of the diary, the letter, visual images, maps and poetry, as well as the relationship of travel writing to fiction, science, translation and tourism. Gender-based and ecocritical approaches are among those surveyed. Together, the thirty-seven chapters here underline the richness and complexity of this genre.

Travelers' writings --- Travel writing --- Travel in literature. --- Voyages and travels --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Historiography.

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The road trip genre, well established in the literatures of Canada, is a natural outcome of the nation's obsession with geography. Divided Highways examines road narratives by Anglo-Canadian, Quebecois and Indigenous authors and the sense of place and nationhood in these communities. Geography describes the land, and history peoples it, just as memories connect us to place. This is why road trips are such a feature of writing in Canada, allowing the travellers to claim, at least symbolically, the terrain they have traversed. Macfarlane examines works by a variety of writers from each of these communities, including Gilles Archambault, Jeannette Armstrong, Jill Frayne, Tomson Highway, Claude Jasmin, Robert Kroetsch, Jacques Poulin, Aritha van Herk and Paul Villeneuve, to name but a few. Studying a diversity of road narratives from Anglo-Canadian, Quebecois and Indigenous populations not only demonstrates the existence of a very specific road genre, but is also revelatory of very diverse and often conflicting perceptions of nationhood. It is these expressions of sovereignty that are integral to ongoing discussions of reconciliation and decolonization.

Canadian literature --- Travel writing --- Travel in literature. --- Travel --- Authorship --- Voyages and travels in literature --- History and criticism. --- Aboriginal. --- Canadian studies. --- Cultural studies. --- Literary criticism. --- Quebec literature.