18th eighteenth century
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Author_Roderick Cavaliero
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culture
english poet in italy
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grand tour
historical account
improvisatory
John Keats
Lord Byron
Mary Shelley
Mount Vesuvius
Napoleonic war
nationalism
pre-unification
Risorgimento
romanticism literary movement
Rome
travel writing
unreformed Catholicism
urban pastoral life
venice
vignettes
Product details
- ISBN 9781845114565
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 24 Oct 2007
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the eyes of the English Romantics, Italy was not a nation but 'Italia', a place inhabited by the ancient. Theirs was a view shaped by the Grand Tour, which elevated ancient Roman culture to an artistic and historical ideal. In this vivid history of their love affair with Italy, Roderick Cavaliero presents a readable and strongly-etched cultural history. Through the eyes of Romantic travellers and poets such as Byron, Keats and Shelley, we see a fascinating picture of pre-unification Italy, struggling to recover after Napoleon and edging towards the Risorgimento.
Roderick Cavaliero is a writer and historian, author of Admiral Satan: The Life and Campaigns of the Bailli de Suffren, Independence of Brazil and Strangers in the Land: The Rise and Decline of the British Indian Empire (all I.B. Tauris) as well as Last of the Crusaders: The Knights of St John and Malta in the Eighteenth Century.
