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Constructing a Text, Creating an Image: The Case of Johannes Barbarus [PDF]

Interlitteraria, 2018
The Estonian poet, physician and politician Johannes Vares-Barbarus (1890–1946) is a contradictory figure in Estonian history and culture. He was a well-known and acknowledged doctor named Vares, but also a poet named Barbarus who was notable for his ...
Anneli Kõvamees
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The Crimea as Viewed by British Adventurer William Eton

Золотоордынское обозрение, 2020
Research objective: This paper analyses the account of the Crimea supplied in a little-known source written by British adventurer, William Eton, who visited this pe­ninsula in the period of an independent Crimean Khanate and used extremely interesting ...
Khrapunov N.I.
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The Place of Polish Films on German market between 1920s and 1930s, with special emphasis on Borderlands [PDF]

, 2015
This book was financially supported by the National Programme for the Development of Humanities: project “Cinema: Intercultural Perspective. Western-European Cinema in Poland, Polish Cinema in Western Europe. Mutual Perception of Film Cultures (1918–1939)
Biel, Urszula
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THE BOOKSHELF OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN PULA IS (NO LONGER) THE LAST STATION OF THE TRAVEL

Studia Polensia, 2019
When arriving by train from the North to Istria, the last stop is the railway station in Pula, so the Library is the last station for travel books.
Damjana Frančić
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Russia in the Crimea: Civilizer or Oppressor? Images of the Imperial Power in the Dispute of the Late 18th and the First Half of the 19th Century’s Travelogues

Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории, 2023
The unification of the Crimea with Russia in 1783 was an important event in the world politics and attracted the attention of the whole Europe. The apparent evidence of that interest was the inclusion of the Crimea in the itinerary of the great ...
Nikita I. Khrapunov
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Representation of an absent space: construction of the United States and New York in 1950s and 1960s Czech travel writing [PDF]

, 2015
Early postwar Czech travel writing was mainly concerned with representations of countries from the newly emerging Soviet Bloc and former European colonies in the developing world.
Solic, Mirna
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Britské cestopisy o Španělsku z pohledu časopisu Critical Review

Cornova, 2023
British Travelogues on Spain as seen by Critical Review The aim of this study is to analyse the reviews of travelogues on Spain that appeared in British literary periodicals in the second half of the 18th century.
Martin Branda
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British travelers’ impressions of the Russians during the reign of Alexander II [PDF]

Studia Litterarum, 2016
This article examines the image of Russia and its people in the travelogues of British travelers during the rule of Alexander II (1855–1881). In reality, hardly anybody from Britain visited the country of the tsars, and very few could speak its language.
Iwona Sakowicz
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Southern-Netherlandish observations and knowledge production of naturalia on the seas : the writings of Michael de Febure (1721) [PDF]

, 2019
Just as was the case for other European sea voyages, maritime expeditions from the Southern-Netherlandish port of Ostend to Asia presented opportunities for the bringing of naturalia to Europe, and with it the production of knowledge on the natural world
De Winter, Wim
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Content Analysis of Travelogues from the Qajar Era [PDF]

Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī
Travelogues are valuable artifacts that provide firsthand accounts of historical, social, cultural, religious, and literary events. They offer a comprehensive perspective for examination from multiple angles. In ancient Persian literature, travel writing
Manochehr Akbari, Saeed Alaei
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