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Venice Rediscovered (Paperback, Main)
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Venice Rediscovered (Paperback, Main)
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What are the origins of the modern passion for Venice? During the
two hundred years since its political extinction, the shabby relic
of a despised tyranny has been transformed into a great modern
cultural symbol celebrated by intellectual and literary figures
such as Ruskin, Proust, Mann and Henry James. This engaging and
novel interpretation explores the American and European obsession
with the myth of a beautiful city, and in doing so reveals much
about the development of modern Western sensibility. 'This book can
be enjoyed whether or not you have been to Venice, or whether you
never intend to go.' Daily Telegraph 'Full of fresh and
little-known material; it is almost unfailingly interesting and
invariably well written.' Tony Tanner, New York Review of Books 'An
entirely fascinating history of the city as she has been seen, as
image and icon ... convincingly argued and consistently
entertaining.' Independent
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