Questions of Authority
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-89105-3 (ISBN)
This examination pinpoints the enduring significance of Italy in travel-related terms, showing how this destination was adapted from the map of eighteenth-century British Grand Tourists, to that of nineteenth-century Australian holiday makers. Most critically, Questions of Authority argues Italian–Australian peripatetic connections entail issues of authority, that emerge in the ways in which Italian and Australian travel writers displayed their authorship, cultural capital and national identification in relation to the other country. Finally, it demonstrates how these are highly regulated by, and yet simultaneously challenge, British colonial hegemony.
Laura Olcelli has recently completed a Doctor of Philosophy in English at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research interests span exploration literature, women’s travel narratives, and travel writing – from the Grand Tour to the twentieth century, with a focus on journeys to and from Italy. She has published journal articles and book chapters in all of these fields. She is an awarded presenter at international literary conferences.
CONTENTS
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: Italians in Australia
Chapter 1: Exploration and Religion
James Mario Matra, ‘one of those gentlemen […] that can very well be spared’
Alessandro Malaspina at the Service of ‘the nation that has taken me
as one of its own!’
Rosendo Salvado and the Benedictine Mission of New Norcia:
‘a victory obtained without bloodshed or noise of arms’
Chapter 2: Early Migration and Science
Raffaello Carboni’s ‘truth, and nothing but the truth’
Unauthorized Naturalistic Travels
Pietro Munari’s Ambivalent Authority: ‘bible, lead and rum’
Part Two: Australians in Italy
Chapter 3: From Travel to Tourism
Grace Leadbetter: ‘our feelings on first leaving home notwithstanding we were
bound on a tour of pleasure’
James Smith’s Travel Notes: ‘a sort of handbook’
Sophia Jennings: ‘flitting from our dear old home’
Chapter 4: Touristic and Artistic Journeys
Violet Ida Chomley: ‘not the "Grand Tour" but the "Downward Path"’
Nathan Spielvogel: ‘what interests me most is wandering’
Louie Riggall’s Capri: ‘a bit of the street from our window’
Conclusion
References
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 23.12.2019 |
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Reihe/Serie | Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 335 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-367-89105-0 / 0367891050 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-89105-3 / 9780367891053 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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