The Royal Society and the Discovery of the Two Sicilies (eBook)

Southern Routes in the Grand Tour
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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
XVII, 314 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-55291-0 (ISBN)

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The Royal Society and the Discovery of the Two Sicilies - Manuela D’Amore
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This book illuminates a lesser-known aspect of the British history of travel in the Enlightenment: that of the Royal Society's special contribution to the 'discovery' of the south of Italy in the age of the Grand Tour. By exploring primary source journal entries of philosophy and travel, the book provides evidence of how the Society helped raise the Fellows' curiosity about the Mediterranean and encouraged travel to the region by promoting cultural events there and establishing fruitful relations with major Italian academic institutions. They were especially devoted to revealing the natural and artistic riches of the Bourbon Kingdom from 1738 to 1780, during which the Roman city of Herculaneum was discovered and Vesuvius and Etna were actively eruptive. Through these examples, the book draws attention to the role that the Royal Society played in establishing cultural networks in Italy and beyond. Tracing a complex path starting in Restoration times, this new insight into discourse on learned travel contributes to a more challenging vision of Anglo-Italian relations in the Enlightenment.



Manuela D'Amore is Assistant Professor of English Literature at the University of Catania in Italy. The author of literary translations and essays on Early Modern Literature and the Victorian Age, she has also written on British eighteenth-century travelers to Italy, America and the Middle East. Her Essays in Defence of the Female Sex: Custom, Education and Authority in Seventeenth-Century England, co-written with Michèle Lardy (Sorbonne I), appeared in 2012.

Manuela D’Amore is Assistant Professor of English Literature at the University of Catania in Italy. The author of literary translations and essays on Early Modern Literature and the Victorian Age, she has also written on British eighteenth-century travelers to Italy, America and the Middle East. Her Essays in Defence of the Female Sex: Custom, Education and Authority in Seventeenth-Century England, co-written with Michèle Lardy (Sorbonne I), appeared in 2012.

1. IntroductionI. Part 1 - Learned Travel before the Grand Tour: The Royal Society 1665-17002. The Fellows' Letters from Distant Countries: New Science, the "Other" and Imperialism3. News from the Mainland: Mapping Physical and Intellectual Spaces before the Grand Tour4. On the Ancients and the Power of Nature: The Special Case of ItalyII. Part 2 - The Grand Tour of South Italy: The Discovery of the Two Sicilies 1700-18005. Southern Paths for Learned Travelers: The Discovery of Herculaneum and of the Neoclassical Mediterranean6. Images of "Sublime" Sicily7. From Letters to Memoirs and Travel Accounts: The Fellows as "Cultural Mediators"

Erscheint lt. Verlag 9.8.2017
Reihe/Serie Italian and Italian American Studies
Italian and Italian American Studies
Zusatzinfo XVII, 314 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Schlagworte Britain • Britons’ Cultural Interest in Italy • Camillo Paderni • Campania • Enlightenment • Grand Tour • Herculaneum • Italy • Mediterranean • Naples • sicily • Sir William Hamilton • The Royal Society • Travel
ISBN-10 3-319-55291-0 / 3319552910
ISBN-13 978-3-319-55291-0 / 9783319552910
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