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Provence : a Cultural History.
ISBN:
9781908493415

9781908493408

9781904955313

9781904955238
Title:
Provence : a Cultural History.
Author:
Garrett, Martin.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Luton : Andrews UK, 2012.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (268 pages).
Series:
Landscapes of the Imagination, 3 ; v. 3

Landscapes of the Imagination, 3.
General Note:
Ménerbes: "The Darling Buds Of Mayle."
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Landscapes Of The Imagination; Preface; Introduction; Landscape: "Infinitely Complex Chiselling"; The Rhône And The Durance: "Poor Bunbury"; The Mistral And The Cicada: "I Hear The Symphonist More Than I Could Wish"; "Their Fervid Temperament Knows No Control": Dissident Southerners.; Occitan And The Troubadours; "That Detestable Corruption Of Italian and French"; Restoring The Language: The Félibrige; "The Rational, Right And Proper Food"; "Oh, For A Beaker Full Of The Warm South": Wine; Provence; Chapter One.

The "Babylonian Captivity"The Palace of the Popes: "An Impregnable Fortress, A Luxurious Palace, A Horrible Prison"; The Grand Tinel; Pope Clement's Feast; Painting The Palace; Notre-Dame Des Doms; "Sur Le Pont d'Avignon": The Pope's Mule; The Petit Palais And The Musée Lapidaire; The Musée Calvet; The Avignon Festival; Villeneuve-Lès-Avignon; Chapter Two; Mont Ventoux; Fontaine-De-Vaucluse: Discoursing With Love; L'Isle Sur La Sorgue: "Delicious Streams"; Salon-De-Provence; Orange: "The Most Beautiful Wall"; Vaison-La-Romaine; Grignan; Chapter Three.

Van Gogh's Arles: "To Express, With Red And Green, The Terrible Passions Of Humanity"The Arena; The Theatre: "Sisters Of Mireille"; Place Du Forum And The Cryptoportiques; Les Alyscamps; The Musée De L'Arles Antique; Saint-Trophime: "So Cruel, So Monstrous, Like A Chinese Nightmare"; The Musée Réattu And The Museon Arlaten; Montmajour; Chapter Four; Saint-Paul-De-Mausole: "Light Turning Into Conflagration"; Les Antiques; Glanum; Saint-Rémy-De-Provence; Les Baux: "Bastions And Buttresses And Coigns Of Vantage"; Chapter Five; The Plaine De La Crau: "Goblins Of Light."

The Camargue: "The Verges Of The Earth"Les Saintes-Maries-De-La-Mer: "The Blue Whiteness Of The MilkyWay"; Saint-Gilles; Aigues-Mortes: "A Bright, Quiet Melancholy"; Chapter Six; Le Bon Roi René; Saint-Sauveur; The Burning Bush; The Musée Des Tapisseries And The Musée Du Vieil Aix; "The Houses Very High And The Streets Ample"; The Hôtel De Forbin: Royal Views; Aix-La-Somnolente; Zola's Plassans; Cézanne And The Montagne Sainte-Victoire; The Musée Granet; Saint-Maximin And La Sainte Baume; Chapter Seven; Massalia: "Turning Towards The Greeks."

Vestiges: The Musée d'Histoire De Marseille, Musée Des Docks Romains And Centre De La Vieille CharitéPassing Through; Royal Arrivals; Plague; Pagnol's Vieux-Port; The Holocaust And The Destruction Of The Vieux-Port; Galleys And Prisons; The Château d'If; "Black Docker": Claude McKay And Ousmane Sembène; Churches And Cathedrals; Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation; Aubagne And La Treille; Souvenirs D'Enfance; Cassis: "Brilliant Yellow And Ink Black"; L'Estaque: "Masterful Smears And Smudges"; Chapter Eight; Roussillon; Lourmarin; Lacoste: "Making A Spectacle Of Oneself "
Local Note:
eBooks on EBSCOhost
Format:
Electronic Resources
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
Luton : Andrews UK, 2012.