Questions of Authority: Italian and Australian Travel Narratives of the Long Nineteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780367891053 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 226 str.

Laura Olcelli

Opis

Questions of Authority investigates Italian–Australian literary travel exchanges throughout the long nineteenth century.

Spis treści

CONTENTS

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part One: Italians in Australia

Chapter 1: Exploration and Religion

1. James Mario Matra, ‘one of those gentlemen […] that can very well be spared’











2. Alessandro Malaspina at the Service of ‘the nation that has taken me







as one of its own!’









3. Rosendo Salvado and the Benedictine Mission of New Norcia:







‘a victory obtained without bloodshed or noise of arms’





Chapter 2: Early Migration and Science









4. Raffaello Carboni’s ‘truth, and nothing but the truth’











5. Unauthorized Naturalistic Travels











6. Pietro Munari’s Ambivalent Authority: ‘bible, lead and rum’







Part Two: Australians in Italy





Chapter 3: From Travel to Tourism









7. Grace Leadbetter: ‘our feelings on first leaving home notwithstanding we were







bound on a tour of pleasure’









8. James Smith’s Travel Notes: ‘a sort of handbook’











9. Sophia Jennings: ‘flitting from our dear old home’







Chapter 4: Touristic and Artistic Journeys









10. Violet Ida Chomley: ‘not the "Grand Tour" but the "Downward Path"’











11. Nathan Spielvogel: ‘what interests me most is wandering’











12. Louie Riggall’s Capri: ‘a bit of the street from our window’

Conclusion

References

Index

O autorze

Laura Olcelli has recently completed a Doctor of Philosophy in English at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research interests span exploration literature, women’s travel narratives, and travel writing – from the Grand Tour to the twentieth century, with a focus on journeys to and from Italy. She has published journal articles and book chapters in all of these fields. She is an awarded presenter at international literary conferences.