Italian Journeys: from Venice to Naples and beyond
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Main Author: Howells, William Dean (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London I.B. Tauris 2011
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Foreword by Matthew Stevenson; The Road to Rome from Venice; Forza Maggiore; At Padua; A Pilgrimage to Petrarch's House at Arquà; A Visit to the Cimbri; Minor Travels; Stopping at Vicenza, Verona and Parma; Ducal Mantua
When Abraham Lincoln appointed William Dean Howells Consul to Venice, the young writer embarked on a journey that would leave an indelible impression on his life and work. Howells lived in Italy for four years, from 1861, during the pivotal and tumultuous period of Italian reunification. Italian Journeys, Howell's engrossing memoir of this time, describes his adventures across the country - from Genoa, a hotbed of nationalistic fervour and the city from which Garibaldi had led the Expedition of the Thousand only a year before; to the cultural and political powerhouse of Naples, which had only
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (272 pages)
ISBN:0857719912
9780857719911

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