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 :: TRAVELLING :: LIKE IN A NOVEL :: |
Like in a novel
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Like Lord Byron between Asti and La Spezia
The concept of travel, which stirred great poets that lived between the 18th and the 19th century, was chosen as the focus of a tourist promotion project between the boards of the two areas (...)
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Stendhal’s "Grand Tour" of Italy
Born in Grenoble in 1783, Henry Beyle (Stendhal’s real name) arrived in Italy in 1800 with the rank of French army second lieutenant. He fell in love with the "bel paese" and stayed here long. Favourite destinations of his travels were Genoa (described in "Memories of a tourist "), Parma, Bologna, Florence, Naples and Rome – which he especially loved (...)
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Henry James in Italy
Henry James is one of foreign writers that were most fascinated by old Europe, and particularly by Italy. Many of his most famous novels are set in our country: Venice, Florence, and other Italian cities make ideal backdrops to set his subtle plots, dominated by a certain "noir" aestheticism (...)
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Goethe, the romantic traveller
After the recklessness of the "Sturm und Drang" and the euphoria of Jena, - the university city where he lived - Johann Wolfgang Goethe felt the need to look on to the world: the intellectual and measured life Weimar offered was no longer good enough, so he headed for Italy. (...)
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