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The Warm South - How the Mediterranean Shaped the British Imagination (Paperback)
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The Warm South - How the Mediterranean Shaped the British Imagination (Paperback)
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An evocative exploration of the impact of the Mediterranean on
British culture, ranging from the mid-eighteenth century to today
Ever since the age of the Grand Tour in the eighteenth century, the
Mediterranean has had a significant pull for Britons-including many
painters and poets-who sought from it the inspiration, beauty, and
fulfillment that evaded them at home. Referred to as "Magick Land"
by one traveler, dreams about the Mediterranean, and responses to
it, went on to shape the culture of a nation. Written by one of the
world's leading historians of the Mediterranean, this book charts
how a new sensibility arose from British engagement with the
Mediterranean, ancient and modern. Ranging from Byron's poetry to
Damien Hirst's installations, Robert Holland shows that while
idealized visions and aspirations often met with disillusionment
and frustration, the Mediterranean also offered a notably insular
society the chance to enrich itself through an imagined world of
color, carnival, and sensual self-discovery.
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