Traveling around Italy
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This book is the latest creation of the eminent art historian Arkady Viktorovich Ippolitov: a commented edition of the Italian diaries of the celebrated Marquis de Sade. The author's name, like that of the commentator, needs no introduction. However, here the infamous writer reveals an unexpected side: a scholar, a researcher, a connoisseur of history, and an art lover.
His "Journey through Italy" is a true author's guidebook. Written two and a half centuries ago, it is so vivid and yet thoughtful, with such interest and love, that it can still serve the inquisitive traveler well today.
The Marquis's travel notes are accompanied by a fascinating historical, art-historical, and literary commentary that not only illuminates the text's obscure passages but also allows anyone to feel like a companion of a brilliant aristocrat on a "grand tour" of the most beautiful places on the Apennine Peninsula: Florence, Rome, Naples, and its environs. Unfortunately, Arkady Ippolitov did not have time to fully realize his vision: he is the author of only a portion of the commentary. The work he began was completed by Anastasia Golubtsova, an Italian philologist and senior researcher at the A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature.
His "Journey through Italy" is a true author's guidebook. Written two and a half centuries ago, it is so vivid and yet thoughtful, with such interest and love, that it can still serve the inquisitive traveler well today.
The Marquis's travel notes are accompanied by a fascinating historical, art-historical, and literary commentary that not only illuminates the text's obscure passages but also allows anyone to feel like a companion of a brilliant aristocrat on a "grand tour" of the most beautiful places on the Apennine Peninsula: Florence, Rome, Naples, and its environs. Unfortunately, Arkady Ippolitov did not have time to fully realize his vision: he is the author of only a portion of the commentary. The work he began was completed by Anastasia Golubtsova, an Italian philologist and senior researcher at the A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature.
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- All books in the series Eternal Rome
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