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 position 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...

The bibliography volume of the three-volume East Looks West collates travel writing published in book form by east Europeans travelling in Europe from ca. 1550 to 2000. It brings together travel writings within each national and linguistic tradition, and fills a gap in the existing reference literature, both in western and east European languages. It will be of use to those working in the growing fields of comparative travel writing, regional and national identities, and postcolonialism. Much of this material is rare and difficult to find, even in national libraries. As a result, there are...

Excerpts from over 100 travel writings from 16th Century Pilgrimage diaries thru 20th Century impressions from behind the Iron Curtain.