Italy''s Eighteenth Century - Gender and Culture in the Age of the Grand Tour

Zusatztext "This collection of essays presents a vast amount of new research that offers us a picture of the rich and varied culture of eighteenth-century Italy and its relation to Enlightenment Europe. Replete with interconnections, the essays fit together as neatly as a puzzle, and where they overlap, they often provide different perspectives on the same subject." Informationen zum Autor Paula Findlen is Ubaldo Pierotti Professor in Italian History at Stanford University. Wendy Wassyng Roworth is Professor of Art History and Women's Studies at the University of Rhode Island. Catherine M. Sama is Associate Professor of Italian and Film Media at the University of Rhode Island. Klappentext This volume illuminates the social and cultural landscape of eighteenth-century Italy by exploring how questions of gender in music, art, literature, science, and medicine shaped perceptions of Italy in the age of the Grand Tour. Zusammenfassung This volume illuminates the social and cultural landscape of eighteenth-century Italy by exploring how questions of gender in music, art, literature, science, and medicine shaped perceptions of Italy in the age of the Grand Tour.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paula (EDT)/ Roworth Findlen, Paula Roworth Findlen
• Con la collaborazione di: Paula Findlen (Editore), Wendy Wassyng Roworth (Editore), Catherine Sama (Editore), Catherine M Sama (Editore), Catherine M. Sama (Editore)
• Editore: Stanford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.01.2009
• EAN: 9780804759045
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5904-5
• Pagine: 504
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia