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The Spell of Italy

- Vacation, Magic, and the Attraction of Goethe

About The Spell of Italy

Examines the degree to which Germany's literary and cultural traditions appropriated a phantasmic Italy. This study shows how Winckelmann's art history and Goethe's Italian journey predisposed later writers to search for an aesthetic ideal in Italy that did not exist, and how their search for this absent ideal resulted in disillusionment.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780814332696
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 304
  • Published:
  • March 31, 2006
  • Dimensions:
  • 229x152x23 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 579 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: October 18, 2024

Description of The Spell of Italy

Examines the degree to which Germany's literary and cultural traditions appropriated a phantasmic Italy. This study shows how Winckelmann's art history and Goethe's Italian journey predisposed later writers to search for an aesthetic ideal in Italy that did not exist, and how their search for this absent ideal resulted in disillusionment.

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