Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
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John Addington Symonds, the Younger (1840-1893) was an English poet and literary critic. He was an early advocate of the validity of male love which included for him pederastic as well as egalitarian relationships, and which he would refer to as l'amour de l'impossible. At Oxford, Symonds began to reveal his academic ability. In 1860 he took a first in "Mods" and won the Newdigate prize with a poem on The Escorial and in 1862 he obtained a first in Literae Humaniores and in the following year was winner of the Chancellor's English Essay. His major work, Renaissance in Italy, appeared in seven ...
Chapters (26)
- SKETCHES AND STUDIES IN ITALY AND GREECE
- AUTHOR OF "RENAISSANCE IN ITALY", "STUDIES OF THE GREEK POETS," ETC
- CONTENTS
- FIRST SERIES
- NEW EDITION
- LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
- 1914
- PREFATORY NOTE
- SKETCHES AND STUDIES IN ITALY AND GREECE
- THE LOVE OF THE ALPS[1]
- WINTER NIGHTS AT DAVOS
- BACCHUS IN GRAUBÜNDEN
- OLD TOWNS OF PROVENCE
- THE CORNICE
- AJACCIO
- MONTE GENEROSO
- LOMBARD VIGNETTES
- COMO AND IL MEDEGHINO
- BERGAMO AND BARTOLOMMEO COLLEONI
- CREMA AND THE CRUCIFIX
- CHERUBINO AT THE SCALA THEATRE
- A VENETIAN MEDLEY
- THE GONDOLIER'S WEDDING
- A CINQUE CENTO BRUTUS
- TWO DRAMATISTS OF THE LAST CENTURY
- FOOTNOTES:
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