A Literary Guide to Provence Contributor(s): Vitaglione, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804010366 ISBN-13: 9780804010368 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Travel | Europe - France - Travel | Museums, Tours, Points Of Interest - Literary Criticism | Reference |
Dewey: 914.490 |
LCCN: 2001016342 |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.49" W x 8.48" (0.91 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
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Publisher Description: Provence through the eyes of its writers - those who wrote of it in Proven al or French and also those visitors who were moved by its beauty - that is the inspiration behind A Literary Guide to Provence. In this compact travel guide, Marseilles native Daniel Vitaglione presents a literary panorama of the region of southern France from the Avignon of Mistral to Colette's St. Tropez. Including such sites as the birthplace of Nostradamus and the ruins of the Marquis de Sade's castle, A Literary Guide to Provence presents a thousand years of history entwined with maps and photos that provide readers on tour with a sense of the historical import of this most beautiful of regions even as they experience it firsthand. Both authors of Proven al ancestry and those who came to love and live in Provence are featured in this comprehensive and enchanting picture of the garden place of France. The Riviera enticed Virginia Woolf. Toulon inspired two novels by Georges Sand. Robert Louis Stevenson resided in Hy res, as did Edith Wharton. Le Lavandou was Willa Cather's favorite place. F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in St. Raphael and Juan-les-Pins, where he wrote Tender is the Night. This illustrated guide follows in these writers' footsteps, and the practical information on hotels and restaurants (phones, web sites, email, etc.) make it the ideal traveling companion for armchair tourists and those who cannot resist seeing Provence for themselves. |