Textual Spaces: French Renaissance Writings on the Italian Voyage

by Richard E Keatley

In Textual Spaces, Richard E. Keatley examines how French travelers experienced, consumed, and represented Italian space during the early modern period. This study digs beneath the fa ade of leisurely travel literature to unearth a complex web of rhetorical, sociological, and political values that conditioned and informed the experiences of French travelers in Italy.

Utilizing period maps and geographical sources, Keatley combines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271081309
• ISBN13: 9780271081304
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"