Titre :	The Mediterranean Passion : Victorians and Edwardians in the South
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	John Pemble, Auteur
Editeur :	Faber Faber.co.uk
Année de publication :	1987
Importance :	312p
Présentation :	ill.,couv.en coul
Format :	13x21.5cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-571-25145-2
Langues :	Anglais
Catégories :	LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:823 English fiction : novel
Mots-clés :	Mediterranean  Passion  Victorians Edwardians  South  19th Century  History  British  social  cultural
Résumé :	The only remarkable thing people can tell of their doings these days is that they have stayed at home', declared George Eliot in 1869. In Victorian and Edwardian Britain travel became the rage. The middle classes and the aristocracy seemed in a constant flux of arrival and departure, their luggage festooned with foreign labels. The revolution in transport made this possible. The Mediterranean Passion describes how the British travelled to the South and where they went. Drawing on what these travellers wrote, and what was written for them, it enriches our understanding of the Victorians and Edwardians by exploring the medical, religious, sexual and aesthetic dimensions of their journeys and illuminates an important but neglected aspect of British social and cultural history. '... combines scholarship with charm ... It could easily be taken to the Mediterranean on a holiday and read with pleasure on a sunny beach or in the shade of a church.' Asa Briggs, Financial Times The Mediterranean Passion was the joint winner of the 1987 Wolfson Literary Award for History.

The Mediterranean Passion : Victorians and Edwardians in the South [texte imprimé] / John Pemble, Auteur . - [S.l.] : Faber Faber.co.uk, 1987 . - 312p : ill.,couv.en coul ; 13x21.5cm.
ISBN : 978-0-571-25145-2
Langues : Anglais

Catégories :	LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:823 English fiction : novel
Mots-clés :	Mediterranean  Passion  Victorians Edwardians  South  19th Century  History  British  social  cultural
Résumé :	The only remarkable thing people can tell of their doings these days is that they have stayed at home', declared George Eliot in 1869. In Victorian and Edwardian Britain travel became the rage. The middle classes and the aristocracy seemed in a constant flux of arrival and departure, their luggage festooned with foreign labels. The revolution in transport made this possible. The Mediterranean Passion describes how the British travelled to the South and where they went. Drawing on what these travellers wrote, and what was written for them, it enriches our understanding of the Victorians and Edwardians by exploring the medical, religious, sexual and aesthetic dimensions of their journeys and illuminates an important but neglected aspect of British social and cultural history. '... combines scholarship with charm ... It could easily be taken to the Mediterranean on a holiday and read with pleasure on a sunny beach or in the shade of a church.' Asa Briggs, Financial Times The Mediterranean Passion was the joint winner of the 1987 Wolfson Literary Award for History.