The Spell of Italy (Classic Reprint)

The Spell of Italy (Classic Reprint)
Author: Caroline Atwater Mason
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2018-05-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780484211079

Excerpt from The Spell of Italy Honestly, you know, endorsed Filia, it doesn't seem a bit larger than a ferry boat. I Wish I could see the passenger list. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Spell of the Italian Lakes (Classic Reprint)

The Spell of the Italian Lakes (Classic Reprint)
Author: William Denison Mccrackan
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2018-01-17
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780483236714

Excerpt from The Spell of the Italian Lakes These lakes recall Mazzini plotting for Italian independence, Garibaldi fighting for it, and Cavour orgamzmg the resuAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Spell of Italy

The Spell of Italy
Author: Richard A. Block
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2006
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780814332696

Wearied by his life as an administrator at the Duke's court in Weimar, in 1786 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe departed unannounced in the middle of the night for what had been the destination of his imagination since childhood: Italy. His extended stay there dramatically affected his views of art, architecture, prose, poetry, and science. When he returned to Germany and Weimar, Goethe's experiences translated into his life and work in ways that influenced countless others as they developed Germany's own brand of high culture. The Spell of Italy: Vacation, Magic, and the Attraction of Goethe tracks the peculiar space Italy occupies in the cultural consciousness of German writers by reconsidering the Italian journeys of Goethe and Winckelmann and the legacy of those journeys in the works of Heine, Nietzsche, Freud, Mann, Carossa, and Bachmann. Author Richard Block contests previous assumptions about Italy as a place to encounter classical culture and creative rebirth. His study examines the degree to which Germany's literary and cultural traditions appropriated a phantasmic Italy, showing 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 eventually resulted in disillusionment and deception. Building on previous work on Goethe, literary theory, and cultural history, The Spell of Italy offers compelling new ways of understanding Germany's fascination with Italy from the eighteenth century to its troubled political history of the twentieth century.

Mystic Italy (Classic Reprint)

Mystic Italy (Classic Reprint)
Author: Michael Ivanovitch Rostovtzeff
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2017-11-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780331774740

Excerpt from Mystic Italy The three chapters Of this little book represent in a somewhat modified and enlarged form the three lectures which I gave as the Colver Lectures at Brown University in the spring of 1927. I have dealt with the subject discussed in these lectures previously. The outlines Of chapters I and III were delivered as public lectures in Madison, Wis consm, In 1924, and chapter I was printed in The Living Church, September, 1925. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Spell (Classic Reprint)

The Spell (Classic Reprint)
Author: William Dana Orcutt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2015-07-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781330660065

Excerpt from The Spell "Now, Jack, here is a chance to put your knowledge of the classics to some practical use." Helen Armstrong paused for a moment before a Latin inscription cut in the upper stones of the boundary wall, and leaned gratefully upon her companion's arm after the steep ascent. "What does it mean?" Her husband smiled. "That is an easy test. The ancient legend conveys the cheering intelligence that 'from this spot Florence and Fiesole, mother and daughter, are equi-distant.'" The girl released her hold upon the man's arm and, pushing back a few stray locks which the wind had loosened, turned to regard the panorama behind her. It was a charmingly picturesque and characteristic Italian roadway which they had chosen for their day's excursion. On either side stood plastered stone walls, which bore curious marks and circles, made - who shall say when or by whom? - remaining there as an atavistic suggestion of Etruscan symbolism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Spell

The Spell
Author: William Dana Orcutt
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2018-07-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781722400200

The Spell by William Dana Orcutt A romance set in Italy involving a love triangle of Helen, Inez, and Jack, tangled up in a spell of dual personalities, in the present and in the past. Excerpts: ... "SLOWLY THE SPELL BEGAN TO WORK UPON INEZ' BRAIN. SHE WAS NO LONGER IN THE PRESENT-SHE WAS A WOMAN OF ITALY OF FOUR CENTURIES BACK." ... "It has actually happened at last," the letter began, "and your favorite wager of 'a thousand to one on the unexpected' has really won. In other words, I, Helen Cartwright, condemned (by myself) to live and die an old maid as penalty for being so critical of the genus homo, now confess myself completely, hopelessly in love, and so happy in my new estate that I wonder why I ever hesitated." We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Mundunur: A Mountain Village Under the Spell of South Italy

Mundunur: A Mountain Village Under the Spell of South Italy
Author: Michele Antonio Di Marco
Publisher: Via Media Publishing
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2020-03-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 189376558X

Montenero Val Cocchiara is usually referred to simply as Montenero, or Mundunur in the local dialect. Montenero is a typical mountain village on the border of the Abruzzo and Molise regions, but it is more than that. Its history was tinted by contacts with numerous powerful groups over many centuries. The village and its people prove to be unique, but they also are highly embued with elements common to all in South Italy. Of course it is the hope of the author that anyone with roots in South Italy will benefit from reading this book. However, his much greater aspiration is that others will equally enjoy the story of Montenero as a metaphor of their own ancestral village or town, regardless of country or even see the village as a microcosm of the world where the forces of history and culture forge the character of people.

Wanderings in Italy (Classic Reprint)

Wanderings in Italy (Classic Reprint)
Author: Gabriel Faure
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2018-01-22
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780483685147

Excerpt from Wanderings in Italy Among the innumerable volumes devoted to Italy none has had more appreciative recognition in France than M. Gabriel Faure's Heures d'italie. N o writer has more delicately suggested the enchantment of the Latin land and the spell it casts over the traveller, and none takes us more persuasively off the beaten track to lead' us to sanctuaries of art and beauty so little known to the ordinary tourist as Castelfranco, Pieve di Cadore and Saronno. M. Faure is an ideal guide for the educated pilgrim. He has a genuine love of Nature and a painter's eye for scenery. But he does not merely evoke the picturesque. His wide reading and artistic culture are evident on every page, and the happy allusion, the apt quotation and the romantic incident perpetually stimulate the reader. Now when we may hope once more to visit the delightful land an English version of this distinguished book, completed by notes on the term redenta, should be welcome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Notes from an Italian Garden

Notes from an Italian Garden
Author: Joan Marble
Publisher: WilliamMr
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-04-10
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780060185749

Thirty years ago journalist Joan Marble and her sculptor husband, Robert Cook, bought an unpromising piece of land near the little hamlet of Canale, north of Rome where the ancient Etruscans once lived. Here they built a house and, more important, set out to start a wonderful garden. All was not easy, however. They faced blank incomprehension from the local inhabitants. "Why do you want to have a garden here?" they were asked. "There's no water, the ground is like cement, it's too cold in winter and too hot in summer, it never rains. . . ." But Joan and Robert's enthusiasm for the land, their ignorance of the obstacles that faced them, their downright obstinacy and the unexpected friends who helped them -- all served to conquer the intransigent terrain. "I fell in love with Etruria one chilly evening in the middle of winter," says Joan. "They were having a New Year's Eve festival in a little town near Campagnano, and a group of local boys dressed in Renaissance costumes were marching in a torchlight parade down the main street. As I stood there in the cold watching the flames lurching to the sky, I realized that I felt very much at home in this ancient place. If ever we should decide to move to the country, this was the kind of place I would choose....." Inspirational, aspirational, enchanting -- this is an account of a passion for a place and an obsession with a garden that will charm all who love Italy, gardening, and life.