LEADER 03580nam 22005892 450 001 9910825001803321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a1-84631-791-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000001042088 035 $a(EBL)1075988 035 $a(OCoLC)836872127 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000908069 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11469055 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000908069 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10897662 035 $a(PQKB)10452267 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781846317910 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1075988 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1075988 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10670453 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL878013 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001042088 100 $a20121211d2012|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aNews from abroad $eletters written by British travellers on the Grand Tour, 1728-71 /$fcompiled and edited by James T. Boulton, T.O. McLoughlin$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aLiverpool :$cLiverpool University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 293 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aEighteenth-century worlds 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-84631-850-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a'Old Style' and 'New Style' dating -- Map -- Introduction : the Grand Tour -- The tourists and their letters -- George Lyttelton (1709-73) : letters (1728-30) -- Joseph Spence (1699-1768) : letters (1730-3) -- James Boswell (1740-95) : letters (1764-6) -- James Barry (1741-1806) : letters (1765-71) -- Caroline Lennox (1723-74) : letters (1766-7) -- Appendix A. The hazards of collecting art on the Grand Tour -- Appendix B. Advice to travellers on the Grand Tour. 330 $aThis book provides a selection of private letters written to family and friends from a variety of people while they were on the Grand Tour in the eighteenth century. Although many have been published previously, this is the first time that letters of this kind have been brought together in a single volume. Readers can compare the various responses of travellers to the sights, pleasures and discomforts encountered on the journey. People of diverse backgrounds, with different expectations and interests, give personal accounts of their particular experiences of the Grand Tour. Unlike most collections of letters from the Tour, which recount the views of a single person, this selection emphasises diversity. Readers can juxtapose for example the letters of a conscientious young nobleman like Lyttelton with those of the excitable philanderer Boswell, or the well-travelled aristocratic lady, Caroline Lennox. While the travellers represented here follow much the same route via Paris, through France and across the Alps via the terrifying Mount Cenis, to Rome, in the pursuit of learning and pleasure, the Tour turns out to mean something quite different to each of them. 410 0$aEighteenth-century worlds. 606 $aBritish$xTravel$zEurope$xHistory$y18th century$vSources 606 $aTravelers$zEurope$vCorrespondence 607 $aEurope$xDescription and travel 615 0$aBritish$xTravel$xHistory 615 0$aTravelers 676 $a914.04253 702 $aBoulton$b James T. 702 $aMcLoughlin$b T. O. 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825001803321 996 $aNews from abroad$93916392 997 $aUNINA