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A series of travel essays and cultural studies recounts impressions of Italian and Greek towns, landscapes, monuments, and artistic traditions, mixing vivid landscape descriptions with historical and literary reflection. The prose moves between alpine and coastal scenes, theatrical and musical anecdotes, reviews of Renaissance and classical art, and translations or discussions of popular local poetry and songs, while offering personal observations on architecture, folklore, and the relations between past and present. Occasional biographical sketches of historical figures and critical readings of literary works supplement travelogue passages, producing a varied portrait of place, culture, and aesthetic taste.

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Title: Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete

Author: John Addington Symonds

Release date: July 22, 2006 [eBook #18893]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2021

Language: English

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Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece

by John Addington Symonds


Contents

VOLUME I.
THE LOVE OF THE ALPS
WINTER NIGHTS AT DAVOS
BACCHUS IN GRAUBÜNDEN
OLD TOWNS OF PROVENCE
THE CORNICE
AJACCIO
MONTE GENEROSO
LOMBARD VIGNETTES
COMO AND IL MEDEGHINO
BERGAMO AND BARTOLOMMEO COLLEONI
CREMA AND THE CRUCIFIX
CHERUBINO AT THE SCALA THEATRE
A VENETIAN MEDLEY
THE GONDOLIER'S WEDDING
A CINQUE CENTO BRUTUS
TWO DRAMATISTS OF THE LAST CENTURY

VOLUME II.
RAVENNA
RIMINI
MAY IN UMBRIA
THE PALACE OF URBINO
VITTORIA ACCORAMBONI
AUTUMN WANDERINGS
PARMA
CANOSSA
FORNOVO
FLORENCE AND THE MEDICI
THE DEBT OF ENGLISH TO ITALIAN LITERATURE
POPULAR SONGS OF TUSCANY
POPULAR ITALIAN POETRY OF THE RENAISSANCE
THE ‘ORFEO’ OF POLIZIANO
EIGHT SONNETS OF PETRARCH

VOLUME III.
FOLGORE DA SAN GEMIGNANO
THOUGHTS IN ITALY ABOUT CHRISTMAS
SIENA
MONTE OLIVETO
MONTEPULCIANO
PERUGIA
ORVIETO
LUCRETIUS
ANTINOUS
SPRING WANDERINGS
AMALFI, PÆSTUM, CAPRI
ETNA
PALERMO
SYRACUSE AND GIRGENTI
ATHENS
INDEX FOR ALL THREE VOLUMES