Eothen: Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
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Book Description
While travel writing had already enjoyed a long and honored tradition in England, the publication in 1844 of Alexander Kinglake's Eothen forever changed the genre, and its influence may be traced down the generations from Robert Curzon's Monasteries of the Levant (1849) to Paul Theroux's Great Railway Bazaar (1975). Eothen--a Greek word meaning "from t... More
Book Information
Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
Binding | Paperback (146 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 304 |
ISBN-10 | 0192813617 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0192813619 |
Publication Date | 09/05/1991 |
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About Jan Morris (Introduction) : Jan Morris is credited in children's books. Published credits of Jan Morris include The Towers of Trebizond (New York Review Books Classics) and Princess September and the Nightingale (Iona and Peter ... more
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