Rome, Naples, Florence: (Calder Collection) - Couverture souple

(Stendhal), Mari-Henri Beyle

 
9780714543451: Rome, Naples, Florence: (Calder Collection)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0714543454 ISBN 13 : 9780714543451
Editeur : Calder Publications, 2010

Synopsis

Few writers have known Italy better than Stendhal: he was only seventeen when he first rode south across the Alps in the wake of Napoleon's armies, and he continued to travel and to live in Italy until a few months before his death. Some of his visits lasted only a few weeks, others continued for years, and he spent the last decade of his life as French Consul in Civitavecchia - yet he was never a tourist in the ordinary sense of the word. Italy, for Stendhal, was never a mere treasure trove of ruins, museums and galleries: it was the life of the country which fascinated him, its spirit, the inner workings of its heart and mind. This picture - or rather this living dream - of Italy he created is as fresh and tantalizing today as it was almost two centuries ago.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Few writers have known Italy better than Stendhal: he was only seventeen when he first rode south across the Alps in the wake of Napoleon's armies, and he continued to travel and to live in Italy until a few months before his death. Some of his visits lasted only a few weeks, others continued for years, and he spent the last decade of his life as French Consul in Civitavecchia - yet he was never a tourist in the ordinary sense of the word. Italy, for Stendhal, was never a mere treasure trove of ruins, museums and galleries: it was the life of the country which fascinated him, its spirit, the inner workings of its heart and mind. This picture - or rather this living dream - of Italy he created is as fresh and tantalizing today as it was almost two centuries ago.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mari-Henri Beyle (1783-1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal, is one of the foremost Romantic novelists. His masterpieces include The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma.

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Éditeur
Calder Publications
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0714543454
ISBN 13 
9780714543451
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
584
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780714543444: Rome, Naples and Florence

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0714543446 ISBN 13 :  9780714543444
Editeur : Calder Publications Ltd, 2010
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