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Textual spaces : French Renaissance writings on the Italian voyage / Richard E. Keatley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keatley, Richard E., author.
- Series:
- Early modern studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travelers' writings, French--Italy--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings, French.
- French prose literature--16th century--History and criticism.
- French prose literature.
- Italy--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Italy.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- x, 233 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- French Renaissance writings on the Italian voyage
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Examines how French Renaissance travelers consumed and represented Italian space through writing and the imagination. Includes writings by Rabelais, Montaigne, and Du Bellay as well as lesser-known French travelers, illustrating how the material and imaginative aspects of travel joined to form a space of desire in the French imagination"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Montaigne inside and out
- Textuality, sexuality and political geography : André de la Vigne and the French conquest of Naples
- Space travel and work
- The topographical narrative
- The spaces and places of the voyage d'Italie
- Mapping Montaigne's Rome.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271081298
- 0271081295
- OCLC:
- 1034577914
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