Half a millennium of English and American fantasies of Venice: this collection of essays by leading critics in the field explores the continued and continuing fascination of travellers, writers, artists, theatre workers and film makers with the amphibious and ambiguous city in the lagoon. There is hardly another place in Europe that has become so much of a palimpsest, inscribed with the fantasies, the dreams and nightmares of generations of foreigners, and this turns Venetian Views, Venetian Blinds into a particularly pertinent case study of the ways cultural difference within Europe is experienced, enacted and constructed. The essays range across five centuries - from the Renaissance to our postmodern present, from Shakespeare and his contemporary Coryate to recent novels, detective fiction and films - and, in contrast to previous studies focussing on the Grand Tour, they emphasise more recent developments and how they continue or disrupt traditional ways of perceiving - or being blind to! - Venice.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Brill
ISBN-13
9789042007475
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91103693
Product Key Features
Author
Not Available
Publication Name
Venetian Views, Venetian Blinds: English Fantasies of Venice
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
258 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
240mm
Item Width
170mm
Volume
37
Item Weight
459g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Internationale Forschungen Zur Allgemeinen Und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft