The others' Austria

the long version

In the first half of the Twentieth Century, foreign visitors were witnesses to Austria's dramatic history. Political and social issues often overshadowed its traditional attractions so that, even after the country's independence in ethically aware travelers were often painfully reminded of Austria's Nazi past. As in Volume I, the editors present excerpts from material usually not included in travel anthologies: memoirs, journalism, and creative works. They document the striking neglect of Austria in major travel anthologies. The correction of this oversight makes this book, like Volume I, a pioneering achievement in travel research. That there is no other anthology like it is all the more baffling as its sixty authors include some of the best-known names in American and British literature, W.H. Auden, John Dos Passos, Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, John Irving, Arthur Miller, and well-known critics, historians, journalists, world travelers, and mountaineers. Though political and social issues were often foremost in foreigners' impressions, the editors also discovered humorous sketches, exciting adventures, idyllic country scenes, unusual ways of traveling, and everyday experiences of farm life participated in by travelers. Horst Jarka, Ph D University of Vienna arid Lois Jarka, Ph D. University of Wisconsin/Madison have both taugh6t the University of Montana/Missoula for many years. --Book Jacket.