Italian JourneysItalian Journeys, published in 1867 and written during the four years Howells spent as an American consul in Venice, is more than a lively and entertaining book of travel. It is also a shrewd and perceptive inspection of persons and places European. On every page it interrogates European values while between every line it grapples with problems of American identity. |
Contents
I LEAVING VENICE | 3 |
FROM PADUA TO FERRARA | 4 |
THE PICTURESQUE THE IMPROBABLE AND THE PATHETIC IN FERRARA | 7 |
THROUGH BOLOGNA TO GENOA | 27 |
UP AND DOWN GENOA | 32 |
BY SEA FROM GENOA TO NAPLES | 41 |
CERTAIN THINGS IN NAPLES | 47 |
A DAY IN POMPEII | 57 |
FORZA MAGGIORE | 111 |
AT PADUA | 127 |
A PILGRIMAGE TO PETRARCHS HOUSE AT ARQUÀ | 143 |
A VISIT TO THE CIMBRI | 157 |
PISA | 173 |
TRIESTE | 178 |
BASSANO | 185 |
POSSAGNO CANOVAS BIRTHPLACE | 190 |
A HALFHOUR AT HERCULANEUM | 69 |
CAPRI AND CAPRIOTES | 77 |
BETWEEN ROME AND NAPLES | 91 |
ROMAN PEARLS | 94 |
COMO | 194 |
STOPPING AT VINCENZA VERONA AND PARMA | 199 |
DUCAL MANTUA | 221 |
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