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Provence and the British im...
Although it resonates today with lavender fields, sunny heritage locations and the gentrified memory of Paul Cézanne's pictorial turbulence, Provence has not always been the attractive territory of pacified leisure and festival culture. Since the seventeenth century, indeed, the region has inscribed its shifting geography, complex politics and the extraordinary diversity of its land and seascapes in the perception and imagination of British visitors. In the steps of anonymous or excellent travellers, the chapters of this volume chart some of the most significant moments in the intercultural transactions between the proud linguistic and literary distinctiveness of the province on one hand and the always challenged and sometimes baffled perception of Anglophone (and Anglophile) visitors on the other. Spanning across two centuries, from the largely unknown pre-revolutionary Provence visited by John Locke and Tobias Smollett through the Victorian paradise of popular tourism and finally to the more secret 'homeland' of Modernists, this volume reveals an unexpected Provence which, in oblique and complex ways, has long held a mirror to British culture and often acted as the laboratory of its artistic life
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monografia Rebiun32826060 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun32826060 m o u cr#||#|||||||| 160615s2013 it a ob | 001|0 eng d 9788867051373 paperback) 10.4000/books.ledizioni.785 doi WaSeSS eng rda UkMaJRU eng e-uk--- e-fr--- A cura di: Claire Davison. auth Provence and the British imagination edited by Claire Davison, Béatrice Laurent, Caroline Patey and Nathalie Vanfasse Ledizioni 2013 Ledizioni Milan Università degli Studi di Milano 2013 Milan Milan Università degli Studi di Milano 1 online resource (234 pages) illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) 1 online resource (234 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file rda Di/segni Number 5 Includes bibliographical references and index Open Access. Unrestricted online access star Although it resonates today with lavender fields, sunny heritage locations and the gentrified memory of Paul Cézanne's pictorial turbulence, Provence has not always been the attractive territory of pacified leisure and festival culture. Since the seventeenth century, indeed, the region has inscribed its shifting geography, complex politics and the extraordinary diversity of its land and seascapes in the perception and imagination of British visitors. In the steps of anonymous or excellent travellers, the chapters of this volume chart some of the most significant moments in the intercultural transactions between the proud linguistic and literary distinctiveness of the province on one hand and the always challenged and sometimes baffled perception of Anglophone (and Anglophile) visitors on the other. Spanning across two centuries, from the largely unknown pre-revolutionary Provence visited by John Locke and Tobias Smollett through the Victorian paradise of popular tourism and finally to the more secret 'homeland' of Modernists, this volume reveals an unexpected Provence which, in oblique and complex ways, has long held a mirror to British culture and often acted as the laboratory of its artistic life Also available in print form English Gran Bretaña- Relations- France- Provence Provence (France)- Relations- Great Britain Electronic books Davison, Claire editor Laurent, Béatrice editor Patey, Caroline editor Vanfasse, Nathalie editor Print version 9788867051373 Di/segni Number 5