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By the Ionian Sea - Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy (Paperback, New edition)
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By the Ionian Sea - Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Lost & Found S., v.8
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Loot Price R453
Discovery Miles 4 530
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In 1897 the Victorian novelist George Gissing undertook a brief but
eventful journey in southern Italy. His itinerary took him from
Naples to Reggio di Calabria, via Paola, Cosenza, Crotone and
Squillace, through the area once known as Magna Graecia. Meditating
on the vestiges of Greco-Roman civilization, Gissing visited tombs
and temples, museums and cathedrals, in search of the imprint of
antiquity and "that old world which was the imaginative delight of
my boyhood." The result was By the Ionian Sea, first published in
1901. Gissing's journey by boat, train, and carriage revealed not
just the ruined glories of a classical past, but also the hardships
of rural life in turn-of-the-century rural Italy. Meeting
poverty-stricken peasants and corrupt local officials, he endured
discomfort, danger and illness in a remote and little visited
corner of Europe. Yet throughout he appreciated the warmth and
generosity shown to him by local people, curious about this
solitary stranger. By turns lyrical and melancholic, Gissing's
masterpiece of travel writing alternates between light and dark,
life and death, Paganism and Christianity. Looking at Italy in both
its classical and contemporary dimensions, By the Ionian Sea
celebrates Calabria's rich cultural past and beautiful landscapes
while providing a candid account of the region's hardship and
poverty. More than a century after its first publication, this is
the first critical edition of the book in English.
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