L’Italie de Montesquieu

Entre lectures et voyage

by Eleonora Barria-Poncet

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Extent: 683 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Eighteenth-Century Studies, French Studies

Series: L'Europe des Lumieres

Series volume number: 25

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(November 2013)

ISBN: 9782812413896

Price: $69.00

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Reading, taking notes, and the travel experiences of 1728-1729 enabled Montesquieu to gain a mastery of Italy and its culture. The study of how he worked, and the sources on Italy he used, reveals Montesquieu to have been not only an author but also a reader, collector, voyager, and “voiagiste”.

  • By (author) Eleonora Barria-Poncet