Screen LibraryThe Royal Society and the Discovery of the Two Sicilies : Southern Routes in the Grand Tour /
This book illuminates a lesser-known aspect of the British history of travel in the Enlightenment: that of the Royal Society s special contribution to the discovery of the south of Italy in the age of the Grand Tour. By exploring primary source journal entries of philosophy and travel, the book prov...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Italian and Italian American Studies
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55291-0 |
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This book illuminates a lesser-known aspect of the British history of travel in the Enlightenment: that of the Royal Society s special contribution to the discovery of the south of Italy in the age of the Grand Tour. By exploring primary source journal entries of philosophy and travel, the book provides evidence of how the Society helped raise the Fellows curiosity about the Mediterranean and encouraged travel to the region by promoting cultural events there and establishing fruitful relations with major Italian academic institutions. They were especially devoted to revealing the natural and |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XVII, 314 pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319552910 |
| Index Number: | DG11 |
| CLC: | K835.467 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction -- I. Learned Travel before the Grand Tour: The Royal Society 1665-1700 -- 2. The Fellows' Letters from Distant Countries: New Science, the "Other" and Imperialism -- 3. News from the Mainland: Mapping Physical and Intellectual Spaces before the Grand Tour -- 4. On the Ancients and the Power of Nature: The Special Case of Italy -- II. The Grand Tour of South Italy: The Discovery of the Two Sicilies 1700-1800 -- 5. Southern Paths for Learned Travelers: The Discovery of Herculaneum and of the Neoclassical Mediterranean -- 6. Images of "Sublime" Sicily -- 7. From Letters to Memo |