Travels and Translations: Anglo-Italian Cultural Transactions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789042037670)

This volume explores the fascinating interactions and exchanges between British and Italian cultures from the early modern period to the present. It looks at how these exchanges were mediated through personal encounters, travel writings, and translations, involving a variety of protagonists: explorers, writers, poets, preachers, diplomats and tourists. In particular, this book examines the understanding of Italy as a destination and set of locations, each with their own distinctive geographical character, during a period which saw the creation of the modern Italian state. It also charts the shifts in travelling activity during this period, from early explorers and cartographers, via those taking part in the Grand Tour in the 18th and 19th centuries, to more modern poet-travellers and blogging tourists. Drawing upon literary studies, history, art history, cultural studies, translation studies, sociology and socio-linguistics, this volume takes a cross-disciplinary approach to its rich constellation of 'cultural transactions'.

Author: Alison Yarrington
ISBN-10: 9042037679
ISBN-13: 9789042037670
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2013
Pages: 392
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d