Lessons of Travel in Eighteenth-Century France - From Grand Tour to School Trips

A study of the literature of the 'art of travel' in eighteenth-century France, showing how consideration of who should travel and for what purpose provided an occasion for wider debate about the social status quo.

List of contents

Introduction: on reading arts of travel
Defining the Grand Tour
From touring to training: the case of diplomacy 1680-1830
Trading with men, dealing with God: abbé Pluche's ideas on travel
Travelling on a Moebius strip: Émile's travels
The end of an era? The prize contest of the Academy of Lyon (1785-87)
Inventing school trips? Revolutionary programmes of collective educational travel
Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

Gábor Gelléri

Summary

A study of the literature of the 'art of travel' in eighteenth-century France, showing how consideration of who should travel and for what purpose provided an occasion for wider debate about the social status quo.

Product details

• Authors: Gabor Gelleri, Gabor (Author) Gelleri, Gábor Gelléri
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781783274369
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-436-9
• No. of pages: 245
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Studies in the Eighteenth Century; Studies in the Eighteenth Cent
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Englisch, Frankreich, 18. Jahrhundert (1700 bis 1799 n. Chr.)