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The Fatal gift of beauty : the Italies of British travellers : an annotated anthology

Print Book, English, 1996
Rodopi, Amsterdam, 1996
xvi, 554 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9789051839814, 9789051839432, 9051839812, 905183943X
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I. Introduction. 1. Theoria: To Go Abroad to See the World. 2. Anthologizing Italy. 3. Surveying the Anthology. 4. Thanks and Acknowledgements. II. Illustrations. III. Anthology. 1. Crossing the Alps and Arriving. 2. Il Giro d'Italia and Other Routes. 3. On the Road: The Hazards of Travelling. 4. The Perception of Otherness. 4.1 The Classical Heritage. 4.2 Arts and Learning. 4.3 Religious Difference. 4.4 Government and Politics. 4.5 Social and Sexual Manners. 4.6 National Character. 4.7 Nature. 5. Italian Cities. 5.1 Venice. 5.2 Florence. 5.3 Rome. 5.4 Naples. 6. Off the Beaten Tracks and the Mezzogiorno. IV. Reference and Notes. V. Gazetteer of Travellers. VI. Bibliography. 1. Bibliographical Reference. 2. Anthologies. 3. History and Modes of Travelling. 4. Women Travellers. 5. Travel Writing: General. 6. British Travelling in Italy, Travel Writing on Italy, and Cultural Traffic with Italy. 7. Some Non-British and Visual Traditions. 8. Further Post-1860 British Travelogues on Italy.