Apennine Crossings - Travellers on the Edge of Tuscany

This innovative exploration of the literature, history, and culture of the Apennines links a twenty-first century journey along the walking trail of the 'Great Apennine Excursion' to accounts and discussions of past travellers--including pilgrims, merchants, tourists, soldiers, partisans, and poets--from the Medieval period up to World War Two.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• List of Maps and Illustrations


• Introduction


• 1: Sansepolcro to La Verna


• 2: The Springs of the Arno


• 3: The Passes to Florence: Il Giogo


• 4: The Passes to Florence: La Futa


• 5: Alto Appennino


• 6: Garfagnana


• 7: Lunigiana


• Epilogue 1: Memorials in Liguria


• Epilogue 2: Mountains from Bologna


• Endnotes


• References


• Index

About the author

Nick Havely is Emeritus Professor at the University of York, where he taught courses on English and Italian literature for forty years. In 1977-8 he was Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of English at Cornell University, and from 1989 he collaborated with the University of Bologna on one of the earliest ERASMUS exchanges and research networks. He was awarded research fellowships by the Leverhulme Trust (2005) and the Fondazione Bogliasco (2014). In 2012 he was elected a member of the Oxford Dante Society; he recently became an Honorary Member of the Dante Society of America.

Summary

This innovative exploration of the literature, history, and culture of the Apennines links a twenty-first century journey along the walking trail of the 'Great Apennine Excursion' to accounts and discussions of past travellers--including pilgrims, merchants, tourists, soldiers, partisans, and poets--from the Medieval period up to World War Two.

Product details

• Authors: Nick Havely, Nick (Emeritus Professor of English and Re Havely, Havely Nick
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2024
• EAN: 9780198882626
• ISBN: 978-0-19-888262-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; European History, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, TRAVEL / Europe / Italy, Italy, Travel writing, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: poetry and poets, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, The Northern Apennines, The Central Apennines, The Southern Apennines