Dimitrios Kassis

A Highland Tour of Victorian Travel Writing

Ten Voices on Scotland

By: Dimitrios Kassis

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In the 18th century, Scotland was seen as a peripheral land of savage Highlanders. This volume of travel narratives and essays (1722-1907) explores how writers defined Scottish identity, often promoting images of backwardness and the sublime.

American Travellers in Scandinavia

By: Dimitrios Kassis

£45.99

Kassis describes American perceptions of the Nordic countries which contributed to the construction of the 19th-century American national identity. He explores how Nordic unity and the Americanisation of Northern Europe link to Americans’ utopian reflection on Nordic societies.

Deconstructions of the Russian Empire in Western Travel Literature

By: Dimitrios Kassis

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How did the West see Russia, the empire caught between Europe and Asia? This book explores representations of Russian identity and culture from 1792 to 1912, drawing on the accounts of British and American travellers as they attempted to understand this imperial “Other.”

Dystopian Depictions of Serbia in British Travel Literature

A Balkan Tour

By: Dimitrios Kassis

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This book explores dystopian British views of Serbia as a travel destination from 1717 to 1911. Travel accounts depict a politically unstable region on the fringe of the Orient, demonising Serbia’s national struggle while shedding light on its national awakening.

Glimpses of the Bulgarian Other in British Travel Literature

By: Dimitrios Kassis

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This volume explores British depictions of Bulgaria as a dystopian land from the 18th century until its 1878 Liberation. In these travel narratives, the Bulgarian nation is an antithesis to the civilised British, until its National Revival comes to question this depiction.

Greek Dystopia in British Women Travellers’ Discourse

By: Dimitrios Kassis

£58.99

Kassis discusses British women travellers’ perceptions of Greece and the Orient from the late-eighteenth century until the late-Victorian era, exploring them in relation to the context that fuelled the conceptualisation of Greece as perilous to the British imperialist agenda.

Icelandic Utopia in Victorian Travel Literature

By: Dimitrios Kassis

£41.99

Kassis focuses on Iceland as a nineteenth-century utopian locus in the light of racial theories attached to the country’s national framework, investigating how nineteenth-century travellers defined their national identity and gender in relation to Iceland.

Images of Irishness in Nineteenth-Century Travel Literature

By: Dimitrios Kassis

£58.99

As the British Empire defined itself against alleged Celtic backwardness, Irish nationalism surged. This book investigates how 19th-century racist and nationalist discourses shaped Irish identity, exploring travelogues that cast the island as both a utopia and a dystopia.

Perceptions of Germany in British Travel Literature

By: Dimitrios Kassis

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At the end of the 18th century, the British focus shifted from classical ideals to the rediscovery of Old Germanic culture. This book examines travel narratives from 1794 to 1845, shedding light on the representation of Germanness in relation to British national identity.

Representations of the North in Victorian Travel Literature

By: Dimitrios Kassis

£52.99

This book deals with travel narratives on the North from 1784 to 1897, exploring how writers used the idea of a Nordic utopia to address Britishness, gender, and the racial discourse on nationhood.

Romania Redefined in British Travel Narratives

By: Dimitrios Kassis

£62.99

Persistently ignored or demonised by 19th-century British travellers, Romanians were viewed as a decadent “Oriental Other.” This volume explores these representations in ten travelogues, analysing them through the lens of British expansionism and Victorian racial discourse.

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