travelogue
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Etymology[edit]
Supposedly a blend of travel + monologue, coined by Elias Burton Holmes.
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Noun[edit]
travelogue (plural travelogues)
- A description of someone's travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture.
- 2012, R.K. Wilson, The Literary Travelogue: A Comparative Study with Special Relevance to Russian Literature from Fonvizin to Pushkin, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:
- During this period, and especially in Russia, the travelogue becomes a hybrid genre comprising elements of poetry, prose, and the drama.
- 2016, Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana: New edition linked and annotated, MarcoPolo, →ISBN:
- The Road to Oxiana is a travelogue by Robert Byron, first published in 1937. It is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing.
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Translations[edit]
description of someone's travels
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Further reading[edit]
- “travelogue”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.