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Tropic of Venice

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Critic, novelist, and traveler Margaret Doody is author of The True Story of the Novel and of the Oxford novel The Alchemists as well as of the internationally acclaimed series of mystery novels that began with Aristotle Detective. She is John and Barbara Glynn Family Professor of Literature at the University of Notre Dame. Klappentext In this journey through the work of artists and the writings of travelers who have been both smitten and repelled by the influence of Venice, Margaret Doody explores ways in which this is a city profoundly unlike any other on earth--and one that simultaneously unsettles and reveals many of our most deeply rooted cultural values. Zusammenfassung In this journey through the work of artists and the writings of travelers who have been both smitten and repelled by the influence of Venice! Margaret Doody explores ways in which this is a city profoundly unlike any other on earth-and one that simultaneously unsettles and reveals many of our most deeply rooted cultural values.

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Authors Margaret Doody
Publisher University of pennsylvania pr
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.02.2007
 
EAN 9780812239843
ISBN 978-0-8122-3984-3
No. of pages 374
Dimensions 165 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
Series Personal Takes
Personal Takes
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic

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