Italian Hours (Stanfords Travel Classics) - Softcover

James, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906780013 ISBN 13: 9781906780012

Publisher: John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Hailing from both sides of the Atlantic, the authors included are as diverse as Edith Wharton, Henry James, Ernest Shackleton and Alfred Russel Wallace. Every title has been reset in a contemporary typeface, and has been printed to a high-quality production specification, to create a series that every lover of fine travel literature will want to collect and keep.

About this title

About the Author:

HENRY JAMES was a renowned observer of European culture, in both his fiction and in his life. In particular he loved Italy, visiting it fourteen times during his lifetime and setting several of his novels in the country. Between 1873 and 1909 he also wrote numerous essays and travelogues that were ultimately collected into one volume and published as Italian Hours. James is famous for his fine perception and baroque prose, and both are found in abundance in Italian Hours. As one would expect, he is a wonderful cultural critic, providing passionate and discerning reviews of the highlights of Italy's art and architecture. He also presents a surprisingly familiar view of the changes that time and tourism were bringing to modern Italy. For all of his acute insights, Italian Hours is above all an affair of the heart, and will resonate with anyone who shares his love of the country.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1906780013
• ISBN 13: 9781906780012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320