03530nam 22007093u 450 991049316270332120210111224945.01-282-62776-797866126277671-84545-917-2(CKB)2560000000012077(EBL)544293(OCoLC)645100558(SSID)ssj0000457086(PQKBManifestationID)12141115(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457086(PQKBWorkID)10410729(PQKB)11649905(MiAaPQ)EBC544293(EXLCZ)99256000000001207720130418d2009|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrBalkan Departures[electronic resource] Travel Writing from South-eastern EuropeNew York Berghahn Books20091 online resource (183 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-788-9 1-84545-254-2 Title page-Balkan Departures; Contents; Chapter 1-Balkan Travel Writting: Points of Departure; Chpater 2-Hodoeporicon, Periegesis, Apodemia: Early Modern Greek Travel Writting on Europe; Chapter 3-Dinicu Golescu's Account of My Travels (1826): Eurotopia as Manifesto; Chapter 4-Writing Difference/Claiming General Validity: Jovan Ducic's Cities and Chinaeras and the West; Chapter 5-Towards a Modernist Travel Culture; Chapter 6-Getting to Know the Big Bad West? Images of Western Europe in Bulgarian Travel Writting of the Communist Era (1945-1985)Chapter 7-New Men, Old Europe: Being a Man in Balkan Travel WritingNotes on Contributors; IndexIn writings about travel, the Balkans appear most often as a place traveled to. Western accounts of the Balkans revel in the different and the exotic, the violent and the primitive - traits that serve (according to many commentators) as a foil to self-congratulatory definitions of the West as modern, progressive, and rational. However, the Balkans have also long been traveled from. The region's writers have offered accounts of their travels in the West and elsewhere, saying something in the process about themselves and their place in the world. The analyses presented here, ranging from those oEast Europeans -- Travel -- Europe -- HistoryTravel writing -- HistoryTravelers’ writings, East European -- History and criticismTravelers' writings, East EuropeanHistory and criticismEuropeEast EuropeansTravelHistoryTravel writingHistoryLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCLiterature - GeneralHILCCElectronic books.East Europeans -- Travel -- Europe -- History.Travel writing -- History.Travelers’ writings, East European -- History and criticism.Travelers' writings, East EuropeanHistory and criticismEast EuropeansTravelHistoryTravel writingHistoryLanguages & LiteraturesLiterature - General809.935914Bracewell Wendy888136Drace-Francis Alex888137AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910493162703321Balkan Departures2459147UNINA