The Imprisoned Traveler

The Imprisoned Traveler
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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9781684481644
ISBN-13 : 1684481643
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Book Synopsis The Imprisoned Traveler by : Keith Crook

Download or read book The Imprisoned Traveler written by Keith Crook and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Imprisoned Traveler is a fascinating portrait of a unique book, its context, and its elusive author. Joseph Forsyth, traveling through an Italy plundered by Napoleon, was unjustly imprisoned in 1803 by the French as an enemy alien. Out of his arduous eleven-year “detention” came his only book, Remarks on Antiquities, Arts, and Letters during an Excursion in Italy (1813). Written as an (unsuccessful) appeal for release, praised by Forsyth’s contemporaries for its originality and fine taste, it is now recognized as a classic of Romantic period travel writing. Keith Crook, in this authoritative study, evokes the peculiar miseries that Forsyth endured in French prisons, reveals the significance of Forsyth’s encounters with scientists, poets, scholars, and ordinary Italians, and analyzes his judgments on Italian artworks. He uncovers how Forsyth’s allusiveness functions as a method of covert protest against Napoleon and reproduces the hitherto unpublished correspondence between the imprisoned Forsyth and his brother. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.


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