travelogue
English
Etymology
Supposedly a blend of travel + monologue, coined by Elias Burton Holmes.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹavə(l)lɒɡ/
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
description of someone's travels
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See also
Further reading
- “travelogue”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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