Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Discovering the ancient world
    • 1.1 The Colosseum in antiquity
    • 1.2 The Colosseum in ancient poetry
    • 1.3 The Colosseum on a Roman coin
    • 1.4 The Colosseum and its meaning through time
    • 1.5 What was the Grand Tour?
  • 2 Portraits of the Grand Tour
    • 2.1 The Grand Tour portrait: people
    • 2.2 The Grand Tour portrait: places and objects
    • 2.3 The Grand Tour portrait: people and professions
    • 2.4 The Grand Tour portrait: couples
    • 2.5 The Grand Tour portrait: families
  • 3 The poetry of the Grand Tour
    • 3.1 Byron at the Colosseum
      • Looking at Byron’s verse in more detail: paraphrase
    • 3.2 Rhyme
  • 4 Postcards from the Grand Tour
    • 4.1 Rilke and the Archaic Torso of Apollo
    • 4.2 Objects and the creation of stories
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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