D’Amore, Manuela
The Royal Society and the Discovery of the Two Sicilies
1. Introduction
Manuela D’Amore
Part I. Learned Travel before the Grand Tour: The Royal Society 1665–1700
2. The Fellows’ Letters from Distant Countries: New Science, the “Other” and Imperialism
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3. News from the Mainland: Mapping Physical and Intellectual Spaces Before the Grand Tour
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4. On the Ancients and the Power of Nature: The Special Case of Italy
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Part II. The Grand Tour of South Italy: The Discovery of the Two Sicilies 1700–1800
5. Southern Paths for Learned Travellers: The Discovery of Herculaneum and of the Neoclassical Mediterranean
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6. Images of Sublime Sicily
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7. From Letters to Memoirs and Travel Accounts: The Fellows as “Cultural Mediators”
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Avainsanat: History, History of Italy, History of Britain and Ireland, Cultural History, World History, Global and Transnational History
- Tekijä(t)
- D’Amore, Manuela
- Julkaisija
- Springer
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2017
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 1
- Sarja
- Italian and Italian American Studies
- Sivumäärä
- 17 sivua
- Kategoria
- Historia
- Tiedostomuoto
- E-kirja
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783319552910
- Painetun ISBN
- 978-3-319-55290-3