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Questions of authority : Italian and Australian travel narratives of the long nineteenth century / Laura Olcelli.
Van Pelt Library PQ4053.T75 O43 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olcelli, Laura, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; 29.
- Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travelers' writings, Italian--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings, Italian.
- Travelers' writings, Australian--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings, Australian.
- Travelers--Italy.
- Travelers.
- Travelers--Australia.
- Italy--Description and travel--19th century.
- Italy.
- Australia--Description and travel--19th century.
- Australia.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- Summary:
- Questions of Authority investigates Italian-Australian literary travel exchanges throughout the long nineteenth century. The 1800s witnessed major transformations in Australian overseas travel: it gradually evolved from a replica of the Continental Grand Tour of the British, to a more idiosyncratic cosmopolitan experience, either touristic or professional. Moreover, it was during the second half of this century that both Italy and Australia underwent crucial political upheavals; these resulted in shifts from colonial and subjugated status, to self-government and ultimately independence. This volume connects these geographical, political and sociocultural contexts of Italy and Australia by considering their interlaced odeporic library, produced at a significant time in history. Additionally, this book analyses key texts compiled by Italians in Australia, and Australians in Italy: these chiefly consist of voyage accounts, but also include the records of explorers, missionaries, scientists and migrants coming from the Italian peninsula. These primary sources include unpublished travel diaries compiled by the first Victorian women visitors to the Bel Paese, which have been largely neglected by scholarship thus far.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138562486
- 1138562483
- OCLC:
- 1010538528
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