Literary and cultural images, once considered marginal to the main currents of political and institutional development in southeastern Europe, have been accorded much greater importance by scholars in
Bringing together a wide collection of primary documents, this is an essential reader on the idea of "Europe" from antiquity to the twentieth century. Including classic texts from Herodotus to Mark Ma
Bringing together a wide collection of primary documents, this is an essential reader on the idea of "Europe" from antiquity to the twentieth century. Including classic texts from Herodotus to Mark Ma
How do literacy and the development of literary culture promote the development of a national identity? This book examines the development of both a literary tradition and institutions aimed at promot
How do literacy and the development of literary culture promote the development of a national identity? This well-researched and readable book explores the rise of Romanian-language literary, educatio
In writings about travel, the Balkans appear most often as a place travelled to. Western accounts of the Balkans revel in the different and the exotic, the violent and the primitive - traits that serv
In 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
Bracewell (history, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, U. College London) and Drace-Francis (history, U. of Liverpool) and their 15 contributors have written a study of travel writing publi
The 12 essays comprise a second volume to emerge from a research project on East European travel writing 1550-2000 carried out at the University of London; the first, in 2007, was a bibliography. Stud
