Textual Spaces - French Renaissance Writings on the Italian Voyage

Examines how French Renaissance travelers consumed and represented Italian space through writing and the imagination. Includes writings by Rabelais, Montaigne, and Du Bellay as well as lesser-known French travelers, illustrating how the material and imaginative aspects of travel joined to form a space of desire in the French imagination.

About the author

Richard E. Keatley is an independent scholar from Tucker, Georgia.

Summary

Examines how French Renaissance travelers consumed and represented Italian space through writing and the imagination. Includes writings by Rabelais, Montaigne, and Du Bellay as well as lesser-known French travelers, illustrating how the material and imaginative aspects of travel joined to form a space of desire in the French imagination.

Product details

• Authors: Richard E. Keatley, Richard E. (Georgia State University) Keatley
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2018
• EAN: 9780271081298
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08129-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Early Modern Studies; Early Modern Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; France, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, TRAVEL / Europe / Italy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 16th Century, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600