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Eothen

Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East

Eothen( )
Author: Kinglake, Alexander
Introduction by: Morris, Jan
ISBN:978-0-19-281361-9
Publication Date:Sep 1991
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $9.95
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 the east"--is certainly one of the most witty and idiosyncratic of travel books, for Kinglake was not as interested in the art,...
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Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: Travel / Essays & Travelogues
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.12 x 7.75 x 0.75 Inches
Book Weight:0.525 Pounds



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