Shelley's eye
Subtitle: travel writing and aesthetic vision
By: Benjamin Colbert.
Series: The nineteenth century series; Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 -- Knowledge -- Europe.; Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 -- Travel -- Europe.; Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 -- Aesthetics.; Travelers' writings, English -- History and criticism.; Travelers -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.; British -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.; English poetry -- European influences.; Aesthetics, British -- 19th century.; Europe -- Description and travel.; Europe -- In literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-249) and index.
Table of contents: title: 'The sun rises over France' : post-Napoleonic travellers' Europe; title: 'Citizens of the world' : dislocated vision in Alastor; title: 'The raptures of travelers' : writing Mont Blanc; title: 'Relics of antiquity' : Shelley's classical tour in Italy; title: 'The emblem of Italy' : two-fold vision in Prometheus unbound; title: 'Empire o'er the unborn world' : Shelley's Hellas.