Provence : a cultural history / by Martin Garrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garrett, Martin.

Series:

Landscapes of the imagination.

Landscapes of the imagination

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Provence (France)--History.

Provence (France).

Provence (France)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[United Kingdom] : Andrews, 2012, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Celebrated by writers from Petrarch to Peter Mayle, Provence's rugged mountains, wild maquis and lavender-filled meadows are world-famous. Historic cities like Arles, Avignon and Aix contain Roman amphitheatres, papal palaces and royal residences, while market towns and picturesque villages maintain age-old traditions of wine producing and agriculture. From the highland towns of Digne and Sisteron to the marshy expanse of the Camargue, Provence encompasses a rich variety of landscapes.Mart...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Landscapes Of The Imagination; Preface; Introduction; Landscape: "Infinitely Complex Chiselling"; The Rhône And The Durance: "Poor Bunbury"; The Mistral And The Cicada: "I Hear The Symphonist More Than I Could Wish"; "Their Fervid Temperament Knows No Control": Dissident Southerners.; Occitan And The Troubadours; "That Detestable Corruption Of Italian and French"; Restoring The Language: The Félibrige; "The Rational, Right And Proper Food"; "Oh, For A Beaker Full Of The Warm South": Wine; Provence; Chapter One

The "Babylonian Captivity"The Palace of the Popes: "An Impregnable Fortress, A Luxurious Palace, A Horrible Prison"; The Grand Tinel; Pope Clement's Feast; Painting The Palace; Notre-Dame Des Doms; "Sur Le Pont d'Avignon": The Pope's Mule; The Petit Palais And The Musée Lapidaire; The Musée Calvet; The Avignon Festival; Villeneuve-Lès-Avignon; Chapter Two; Mont Ventoux; Fontaine-De-Vaucluse: Discoursing With Love; L'Isle Sur La Sorgue: "Delicious Streams"; Salon-De-Provence; Orange: "The Most Beautiful Wall"; Vaison-La-Romaine; Grignan; Chapter Three

Van Gogh's Arles: "To Express, With Red And Green, The Terrible Passions Of Humanity"The Arena; The Theatre: "Sisters Of Mireille"; Place Du Forum And The Cryptoportiques; Les Alyscamps; The Musée De L'Arles Antique; Saint-Trophime: "So Cruel, So Monstrous, Like A Chinese Nightmare"; The Musée Réattu And The Museon Arlaten; Montmajour; Chapter Four; Saint-Paul-De-Mausole: "Light Turning Into Conflagration"; Les Antiques; Glanum; Saint-Rémy-De-Provence; Les Baux: "Bastions And Buttresses And Coigns Of Vantage"; Chapter Five; The Plaine De La Crau: "Goblins Of Light"

The Camargue: "The Verges Of The Earth"Les Saintes-Maries-De-La-Mer: "The Blue Whiteness Of The MilkyWay"; Saint-Gilles; Aigues-Mortes: "A Bright, Quiet Melancholy"; Chapter Six; Le Bon Roi René; Saint-Sauveur; The Burning Bush; The Musée Des Tapisseries And The Musée Du Vieil Aix; "The Houses Very High And The Streets Ample"; The Hôtel De Forbin: Royal Views; Aix-La-Somnolente; Zola's Plassans; Cézanne And The Montagne Sainte-Victoire; The Musée Granet; Saint-Maximin And La Sainte Baume; Chapter Seven; Massalia: "Turning Towards The Greeks"

Vestiges: The Musée d'Histoire De Marseille, Musée Des Docks Romains And Centre De La Vieille CharitéPassing Through; Royal Arrivals; Plague; Pagnol's Vieux-Port; The Holocaust And The Destruction Of The Vieux-Port; Galleys And Prisons; The Château d'If; "Black Docker": Claude McKay And Ousmane Sembène; Churches And Cathedrals; Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation; Aubagne And La Treille; Souvenirs D'Enfance; Cassis: "Brilliant Yellow And Ink Black"; L'Estaque: "Masterful Smears And Smudges"; Chapter Eight; Roussillon; Lourmarin; Lacoste: "Making A Spectacle Of Oneself "

Ménerbes: "The Darling Buds Of Mayle"

Notes:

"First published in 2006 by Signal Books Limited"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-908493-41-0

OCLC:

784885936