Watery, dark, silent, Venice has long been a site and topic for the European imagination. Venice - the place, the names, the dream - has been the scene and inspiration of many writers, particularly Byron, Ruskin, James, von Hoffmannsthal, Proust and Pound. They are the focus of Tony Tanner's exploration of Venice in literature and the starting point for further discussions of Browning and Melville, Rilke, Mann and Sartre. Defeated by Napoleon in 1797, Venice dropped out of history, languishing through two centuries as a ...
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Watery, dark, silent, Venice has long been a site and topic for the European imagination. Venice - the place, the names, the dream - has been the scene and inspiration of many writers, particularly Byron, Ruskin, James, von Hoffmannsthal, Proust and Pound. They are the focus of Tony Tanner's exploration of Venice in literature and the starting point for further discussions of Browning and Melville, Rilke, Mann and Sartre. Defeated by Napoleon in 1797, Venice dropped out of history, languishing through two centuries as a curiously marooned spectacle. The beautiful city par excellence, the greatest and richest and most splendid republic, now declined and fallen, it lent itself to appreciation and recuperation in writing. And as mediated by Ruskin, it was to play a crucial role in the development of modern writing.
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Add this copy of Venice Desired (Signed) to cart. $50.00, like new condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Harvard University Press.
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Like New. [Inscribed, signed by author on post card inside] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. XVI, 384 p., plates, 23 cm. *Autographed by author. * Paul Antony (Tony) Tanner was a British literary critic of the mid-20th century, and a pioneering figure in the study of American literature. He was a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, where he taught and studied for 38 years, from 1960 until his death in 1998.
Add this copy of Venice Desired (Writing the City S. ) to cart. $58.07, new condition, Sold by discount_scientific_books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sterling Heights, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Blackwell Publishers.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN: 9780631155539.
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Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. 9780631155539. VG/VG 1st ed 1992 Harvard hardback, unclipped DJ. Some surface rubbing to jacket, light spotting to top edge of pages, tight and unmarked. Authoritative original study. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0631155538. ISBN/EAN: 9780631155539. The book is available to view in-person at our Cambridge hub. The photos provided are of the actual book for sale, further condition-specific photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 095290.
