Author: François Xavier de MAISTRE (Count.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
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A Journey round my Room, and a Nocturnal Expedition round my Room; translated from the French
Author: François Xavier de MAISTRE (Count.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
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A Journey Round My Room
Author: Xavier de Maistre
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Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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In 1790, Xavier de Maistre was 27 years old, and a soldier in the army of the Sardinian Kingdom, which covered swathes of modern-day Northern Italy and Southern France. He was placed under house-arrest in Turin for fighting an illegal duel. It was during the 42 days of his confinement here that he wrote the manuscript that would become Voyage autour de ma chambre. Inspired by the works of Laurence Sterne, with their digressive and colloquial style, de Maistre decided to make the most of his sentence by recording an exploration of the room as a travel journal. de Maistre’s book imbues the tour of his chamber with great mythology and grand scale. As he wanders the few steps that it takes to circumnavigate the space, his mind spins off into the ether. It parodies the travel journals of the eighteenth-century (such as A Voyage Around the World by Louis de Bougainville, 1771), and could be read today as an early take on the modern vogue for “psychogeography” — each tiny thing that he encounters sends de Maistre into rhapsodies, and mundane journeys become magnificent voyages.
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Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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In 1790, Xavier de Maistre was 27 years old, and a soldier in the army of the Sardinian Kingdom, which covered swathes of modern-day Northern Italy and Southern France. He was placed under house-arrest in Turin for fighting an illegal duel. It was during the 42 days of his confinement here that he wrote the manuscript that would become Voyage autour de ma chambre. Inspired by the works of Laurence Sterne, with their digressive and colloquial style, de Maistre decided to make the most of his sentence by recording an exploration of the room as a travel journal. de Maistre’s book imbues the tour of his chamber with great mythology and grand scale. As he wanders the few steps that it takes to circumnavigate the space, his mind spins off into the ether. It parodies the travel journals of the eighteenth-century (such as A Voyage Around the World by Louis de Bougainville, 1771), and could be read today as an early take on the modern vogue for “psychogeography” — each tiny thing that he encounters sends de Maistre into rhapsodies, and mundane journeys become magnificent voyages.
A Nocturnal Expedition Round My Room
Author: Xavier de Maistre
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Pages : 80
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A Journey Round My Room
Author: Xavier de Maistre
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Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Forming the Library of Clarence H. Clark ... Philadelphia
Author: Clarence Howard Clark
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Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Forming the Library of Clarence H. Clark ...
Author: Clarence Howard Clark
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Languages : en
Pages : 622
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Pages : 622
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A Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Printed Books Collected by Thomas Brooke and Preserved at Armitage Bridge House, Near Huddersfield
Author: Sir Thomas Brooke (bart.)
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Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Dublin University Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Languages : en
Pages : 924
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A catalogue of the library at Knowsley hall, Lancashire
Author: Knowsley Hall. Library
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Annual Report of the Chief Librarian
Author: Wigan (England). Free Public Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Languages : en
Pages : 142
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