'Our Own Fair Italy'
'Our Own Fair Italy'

Author: Kathryn Walchester

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9783039110285

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This study proposes that in their writing about the region, women travel writers made a significant contribution to the changing representation of Italy and to their own changing reputation as professional writers. Between 1800 and 1844 there was a significant shift in the way in which Italy was both perceived and discussed as the tradition of the 'Grand Tour' waned and new types of travellers made trips to Europe. Encouraged by changes in the cost, ease and motivations for travel, unprecedented numbers of women travelled to Italy and published their accounts. Focussing on the pivotal works of five women writers - Mariana Starke, Mary Shelley, Charlotte Eaton, Anna Jameson and Lady Morgan - this book assesses the developments made by these women to a number of genres of travel writing and to the political and aesthetic representation of Italy.

The Charterhouse of Parma
The Charterhouse of Parma

Author: Stendhal

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 566

ISBN-13: 9780192839572

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The Charterhouse of Parma (1839) is a compelling novel of passion and daring. Set at the beginning of the 19th-century in northern Italy, it traces the joyous but ill-starred amorous exploits of a handsome young aristocrat called Fabrice del Dongo. The novel's great achievement is to conjure up the excitement and romance of youth while never losing sight of the harsh realities which beset the pursuit of happiness. This new translation captures Stendhal's narrative verse, while the Introduction explores the novel's reception and the reasons for its enduring popularity and power.

The Novels and Selected Works of Mary Shelley Vol 8
The Novels and Selected Works of Mary Shelley Vol 8

Author: Nora Crook

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-04-30

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 1000748901

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These eight volumes contain the works of Mary Shelley and include introductions and prefatory notes to each volume. Included in this edition are "Frankenstein" (1818), "Matilda" ((1819), "Valperga" (1823), "The Last Man" (1826), "Perkin Warbeck" (1830) and "Lodore" (1835).