Description
| Product ID: | 9781788318839 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Literary Guides for Travellers |
| Title: | Venice |
| Subtitle: | A Literary Guide for Travellers |
| Authors: | Author: Marie-Jose Gransard |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, History, Social and cultural history, Archaeology, Travel and holiday guides, Travel writing, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Social & cultural history, Archaeology, Travel & holiday guides, Travel writing, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A unique and captivating guide to the literary heritage of Venice. Venice, La Serenissima, is one of the most breath-taking cities in the world. From its earliest beginnings in the 7th century, Venice has been a magnetic centre of trade and culture, wealth and power and has acted as a crossroads for an array of religious pilgrims and refugees, diplomats, crusading armies and merchants. The city is a floating labyrinth; the world's greatest museum, frozen in time; a cultural jewel, slowly sinking into the lagoon from which it rose; tourist-trap, irresistible muse. Later, Venice's fabled beauty and reputation as a haven for freedom of expression seduced some of the most celebrated figures in history: artists such as Durer, Bellini and Turner; writers Dickens, Byron, Kafka, Poe, Rousseau, Thomas Mann, Ruskin and Ezra Pound and composers Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Stravinsky. In this guide to literary Venice, the author uncovers the city's myriad of secrets, revealing how every floating palace, gilded church and bustling square is imbued with the lives and creations of those who were inspired by the city, which still echoes with their voices. "Memory''s images, once they are fixed in words, are erased," Marco Polo said. "Perhaps I am afraid of losing Venice all at once, if I speak of it, or perhaps, speaking of other cities, I have already lost it, little by little." -- Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities Venice, ''La Serenissima'', is one of the most breathtaking cities in the world. A floating labyrinth; the world''s greatest museum, frozen in time; a cultural jewel, slowly sinking into the lagoon from which it rose; tourist-trap, irresistible muse. From its earliest beginnings in the 7th century, Venice has been a magnetic centre of trade and culture, wealth and power and has acted as a crossroads for an array of religious pilgrims and refugees, diplomats, crusading armies and merchants. Later, its fabled beauty and reputation as a haven for freedom of expression seduced some of the most celebrated figures in history: artists such as Durer, Bellini and Turner; writers Dickens, Byron, Kafka, Poe, Rousseau, Thomas Mann, Ruskin and Ezra Pound and composers Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Stravinsky.In this riveting guide to literary Venice, the author uncovers the city''s myriad secrets, revealing how every floating palace, gilded church and bustling square is imbued with the lives and creations of those who were inspired by the city, which still echoes with their voices. |
| Imprint Name: | Tauris Parke |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-08-08 |
