The past few decades have witnessed great change in the study of early Middle Ages Northern Iberian Peninsula. Spanish and Portuguese historiographies moved away from older grand narratives such as ‘Reconquest Repopulation’, which traced a centuries-long process encompassing ultimate victory Christianity over Islam construction distinct nations or national societies. basic tenets these other es...

The present article examines Andrei Bitov’s Lessons of Armenia (Uroki Аrmenii) and A Georgian Album (Gruzinskii al’bom) as examples subversive late-Soviet travel writing. While some scholars have noted imperialist tendencies in the two travelogues, I argue that Bitov effectively challenges colonial perspective. Besides considering Soviet state’s push for writing tourism while was his texts, use...

Abstract This article examines two brief travelogues by the American writer and visual artist Joe Brainard (1942–1994) as formally unique fusions of travel journal literary collage, in which experience becomes a catalyst for introspection. “Wednesday, July 7 th , 1971 (A Greyhound Bus Trip)” is record bus journey that made summer 1971, from Port Authority Terminal New York City to Montpelier, V...

This article analyses religious themes and motifs in travelogues by Italian authors who visited the USSR between 1920s 1930s. Their writings deal with religion from two different points of view: first, use images allusions to Bible other Christian texts as a common cultural code, which helps them comprehend various phenomena Soviet reality; second, they explore ways is present society, was (as ...