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Venice, the city of the soul. In the two centuries since its political extinction, this shabby relic of a despised tyranny has become one of our greatest modern icons. As American consul Edmund Flagg wrote in 1853, in words that hold true today, "To one weary of the world...there is not a spot in all Italy--in all the world perhaps--as beautiful as Venice." In Venice Rediscovered , historian John Pemble traces the development of our modern passion for the city of canals, charting its evolution from a forgotten oddity in the 18th century to a celebrated center for the arts, a city that saw its glory in the years before World War I as home for a great expatriate community and host to a golden age in literature. He begins his history in 1797, when Venice, still accessible only by sea, ceased to be a sovereign republic and saw its captains and the kings depart. A viaduct across the lagoon would not be opened until a half century later, and in 1857 a railway was completed to Milan. For the first time, Venice was within reach of the travelling public of Europe and the United States. By 1881, Henry James could write of tour guides "leading their helpless captives through churches and gall

Author

Pemble, John

Publisher

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780198205012

Subjects

History, Humanities