Italia Romantica

English Romantics and Italian Freedom

Roderick Cavaliero (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2007 | New edition
Tauris Parke (Verlag)
978-1-84511-456-5 (ISBN)

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In the eyes of 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. This book provides a picture of pre-unification Italy, struggling to recover after Napoleon and edging towards Risorgimento.

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.

List of Illustrations
Preface

Introduction: The Land of Departed Fame

1 This Wilderness of a Place for an Invalid - Rome During the Exile of John Keats
2 The Niobe of Nations - A Romantic View of Italy
3 Behind the Black Veil - Villains and Villainy
4 The Silence of the Living - Dante, Tasso and Ariosto in England
5 A Full-Grown Oak - The Romantic Hero
6 Yet Fallen Italy, Rejoice Again - The Awakeners
7 What Elysium Have Ye Known - Poets in Exile
8 Metropolis of a Ruined Paradise - Venice, Naples and the Lure of Volcanic Power
9 The Kings of Apulia - Banditry and Brigandage
10 The Mingled Beauties of Exalting Greece - Feminising Italy
11 Thou Crimson Herald of the Dawn - Italians Arise
12 Finale - Tempus Abire Tibi Est

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.10.2007
Zusatzinfo	16 black and white illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Italien
ISBN-10	1-84511-456-6 / 1845114566
ISBN-13	978-1-84511-456-5 / 9781845114565
Zustand	Neuware