Breaking Ground: Travel and National Culture in Russia from Peter I to the Era of Pushkin

by Sara Dickinson

Travel writing was conceived in Western Europe during the 17th and early 18th centuries to record leisurely travel by the elite, explains Dickenson, and became prominent in Russia during the last third of the 18th century. She examines the evolution of the genre in Russia from its emergence through its apogee in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to its decline in the 1830s and 1840s. Quotations are translated. Only names and texts are indexed. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

291 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2006