Sicily : a literary guide for travellers / Andrew and Suzanne Edwards.

By:

Edwards, Andrew

Contributor(s):

Edwards, Suzanne

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2014Description: 1 online resource (ix, 307 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780857734877
0857734873

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: SicilyDDC classification:

850.9 23 22

LOC classification:

PN164 .E39 2014eb

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Contents:

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Palermo and Surroundings; 2 The Tyrrhenian Coast; 3 Messina, Taormina and the North-East Coast; 4 Catania and Mount Etna; 5 Syracuse and the South-East; 6 Agrigento and the South Coast; 7 Enna and the Interior; 8 Trapani and the West; Author Profiles; Chronology; Select Bibliography.

Summary: ""Without Sicily, Italy leaves no image in the soul. Sicily is the key to everything."" Goethe, Italian JourneyRising up from the heart of the Mediterranean, Sicily has a rich and ancient history spanning over 2,000 years. A bounty prized by invaders from the Greeks, Romans and Vandals to the Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Sicily's violently beautiful landscapes are haunted by a vibrant mix of cultures and her soil has always been fertile ground for the literary and artistic imagination. This compelling guide uncovers the island's multi-faceted personality through those literary figures who

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""Without Sicily, Italy leaves no image in the soul. Sicily is the key to everything."" Goethe, Italian JourneyRising up from the heart of the Mediterranean, Sicily has a rich and ancient history spanning over 2,000 years. A bounty prized by invaders from the Greeks, Romans and Vandals to the Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Sicily's violently beautiful landscapes are haunted by a vibrant mix of cultures and her soil has always been fertile ground for the literary and artistic imagination. This compelling guide uncovers the island's multi-faceted personality through those literary figures who

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