{"product_id":"the-imprisoned-traveler-keith-crook-9781684481620","title":"The Imprisoned Traveler: Joseph Forsyth and Napoleon's Italy","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Imprisoned Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating portrait of a unique book, its context, and its elusive author. Joseph Forsyth, traveling through an Italy plundered by Napoleon, was unjustly imprisoned in 1803 by the French as an enemy alien. Out of his arduous eleven-year \"detention\" came his only book, \u003ci\u003eRemarks on Antiquities, Arts, and Letters during an Excursion in Italy\u003c\/i\u003e (1813). Written as an (unsuccessful) appeal for release, praised by Forsyth's contemporaries for its originality and fine taste, it is now recognized as a classic of Romantic period travel writing. Keith Crook, in this authoritative study, evokes the peculiar miseries that Forsyth endured in French prisons, reveals the significance of Forsyth's encounters with scientists, poets, scholars, and ordinary Italians, and analyzes his judgments on Italian artworks. He uncovers how Forsyth's allusiveness functions as a method of covert protest against Napoleon and reproduces the hitherto unpublished correspondence between the imprisoned Forsyth and his brother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Crook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684481627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684481620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bucknell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Keith Crook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097058844927,"sku":"9781684481620","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-imprisoned-traveler-keith-crook-9781684481620","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}