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Inventing Ruritania: The Imperialism of the Imagination
Vesna Goldsworthy
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Description for Inventing Ruritania: The Imperialism of the Imagination
Paperback. Examination of Balkan identity in cultural media. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
First published in 1998, 'Inventing Ruritania' achieved a rare combination of critical success, broad readership and enduring academic influence. It is now recognised as a key contribution to the study of Balkan and European identity. Offered by Hurst in a long-awaited and updated paperback edition, 'Inventing Ruritania' is just as topical in the context of Europe's current turmoil as it was when it first appeared. Vesna Goldsworthy explores the origins of the ideas that underpin Western perceptions of the Balkans, the 'Wild East' of Europe. European and Oriental at the same time, the Balkans are tantalisingly ambiguous: simultaneously attracting and ... Read more
First published in 1998, 'Inventing Ruritania' achieved a rare combination of critical success, broad readership and enduring academic influence. It is now recognised as a key contribution to the study of Balkan and European identity. Offered by Hurst in a long-awaited and updated paperback edition, 'Inventing Ruritania' is just as topical in the context of Europe's current turmoil as it was when it first appeared. Vesna Goldsworthy explores the origins of the ideas that underpin Western perceptions of the Balkans, the 'Wild East' of Europe. European and Oriental at the same time, the Balkans are tantalisingly ambiguous: simultaneously attracting and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849042529
SKU
V9781849042529
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About Vesna Goldsworthy
Vesna Goldsworthy is Professor in English Literature and Creative Writing at Kingston University and the author of several widely translated and award-winning volumes. Following Inventing Ruritania, she published a best-selling memoir, 'Chernobyl Strawberries' in 2005, which was serialised in The Times and read by Goldsworthy herself as Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4, and a Crashaw Prize winning ... Read more
Reviews for Inventing Ruritania: The Imperialism of the Imagination
‘Goldsworthy has done enough research to found an academic department… ‘Inventing Ruritania’ is a sober, thoughtful and perceptive examination of an entertainment industry.’
Washington Post ‘Goldsworthy has certainly chosen a glorious topic. … There is a rich literary vein to be mined here, and Goldsworthy has a nice critical eye.’
Tony Judt, The New Republic ‘Goldsworthy seeks to ... Read more
Washington Post ‘Goldsworthy has certainly chosen a glorious topic. … There is a rich literary vein to be mined here, and Goldsworthy has a nice critical eye.’
Tony Judt, The New Republic ‘Goldsworthy seeks to ... Read more