Italy and the English Romantics: The Italianate Fashion in Early Nineteenth-Century England (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521247290)

A fashionable and well-informed interest in Italy was a feature of English intellectual life in the first half of the 19th century. Most cultured people could read Italian and knew something of Italian literature. Young ladies learned to sing in Italian, whilst young gentlemen completed their education with a tour in Italy. Painters went there to make copies from Raphael; architects to sketch the Graeco-Roman ruins. Men of letters in particular found themselves drawn to Italy and much Romantic literature reflects this interest; many works owe their origin to Italian literature. In this book, which was originally published in 1957, Dr Brand traces the growth and decline of the social fashion which made Italy the goal of so many cultured Englishmen. He examines in particular the extent and significance of Italy's fascination for the English romantic writers, and traces the effects of the fashion in music, painting, architecture and political affairs.

Author: C. P. Brand
ISBN-10: 0521247292
ISBN-13: 9780521247290
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/09/2011
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d