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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-100312131135
ISBN-139780312131135
eBay Product ID (ePID)118129
Product Key Features
Edition3
Book TitleLiterary Companion to Venice : Including Seven Walking Tours
Number of Pages260 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicSpecial Interest / Literary, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
GenreTravel
AuthorIan Littlewood
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-005220
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal914.5/3104929
SynopsisVenice has through the centuries attracted an extraordinary range of writers, drawn to it for inspiration, for consolation, or for the sheer pleasure of is unique setting. That so much of the city remains unchanged gives their words a powerful hold over our imaginations today. In this extravagant theater, writes Littlewood, we are as likely to chance upon the site of the murder of a Renaissance prince as the seduction of an eighteenth-century nun; the execution of a dissolute friar as the musings of a Victorian poet. All have their place in these pages, including the writings of Byron, Goethe, James, Proust, Lawrence, and Pound, among others. Arranged in the form of seven detailed walks through Venice, this Literary Companion provides an illuminating guide to the streets, palaces, churches, and canals that make up this exquisite city. Venice's hidden corners-rife with feuds, rivalries, and romance-have never been brought so vividly to life.