{"product_id":"tuscany-in-mind-an-anthology-paperback","title":"Tuscany in Mind: An Anthology - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Leccese Powers\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her fourth literary travel companion, Alice Leccese Powers explores one of the most seductive regions of the world through more than two centuries of fiction, poetry, essays, letters, and memoirs by English-speaking visitors to northern Italy.\u003cbr\u003eThe poet Shelley called Tuscany \"a paradise of exiles\"; it has long been a magnet for literary travelers and expatriates. Here are writers who have made their home in Tuscan villas, castles, and farmhouses, from the Shelleys, Byron, and the Brownings to Frances Mayes. Here too are Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Henry James, and E. M. Forster on the glories of Florence, Pisa's leaning tower, and the enchanting Tuscan countryside, alongside the tart wit of Mark Twain, Mary McCarthy, and Erica Jong. From James Boswell's record of his romantic dalliances to Laura Fraser's memoir \u003cb\u003eAn Italian Affair \u003c\/b\u003eto Sarah Dunant's novel \u003cb\u003eThe Birth of Venus\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTuscany in Mind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eassembles a glittering mosaic portrait of an unforgettable place. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKinta Beevor - James Boswell - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Robert Browning - Lord Byron - Bruce Chatwin - Ann Cornelisen - Charles Dickens - Sarah Dunant - Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Penelope Fitzgerald - E. M. Forster - Laura Fraser - Paul Gervais - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison - Robert Hellenga - William Dean Howells - Henry James - Erica Jong - D. H. Lawrence - David Leavitt and Mark Mitchell - Robert Lowell - Frances Mayes - Mary McCarthy - H. V. Morton - Eric Newby - Iris Origo - John Ormond - Elizabeth Romer - John Ruskin - Mary Shelley - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Kate Simon - Tobias Smollett - Matthew Spender - Stephen Spender - Mark Twain - Edith Wharton\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her fourth literary travel companion, Alice Leccese Powers explores one of the most seductive regions of the world through more than two centuries of fiction, poetry, essays, letters, and memoirs by English-speaking visitors to northern Italy.\u003cbr\u003eThe poet Shelley called Tuscany \"a paradise of exiles\"; it has long been a magnet for literary travelers and expatriates. Here are writers who have made their home in Tuscan villas, castles, and farmhouses, from the Shelleys, Byron, and the Brownings to Frances Mayes. Here too are Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Henry James, and E. M. Forster on the glories of Florence, Pisa's leaning tower, and the enchanting Tuscan countryside, alongside the tart wit of Mark Twain, Mary McCarthy, and Erica Jong. From James Boswell's record of his romantic dalliances to Laura Fraser's memoir An Italian Affair to Sarah Dunant's novel The Birth of Venus, Tuscany in Mind\" assembles a glittering mosaic portrait of an unforgettable place. \u003cbr\u003eKinta Beevor - James Boswell - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Robert Browning - Lord Byron - Bruce Chatwin - Ann Cornelisen - Charles Dickens - Sarah Dunant - Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Penelope Fitzgerald - E. M. Forster - Laura Fraser - Paul Gervais - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison - Robert Hellenga - William Dean Howells - Henry James - Erica Jong - D. H. Lawrence - David Leavitt and Mark Mitchell - Robert Lowell - Frances Mayes - Mary McCarthy - H. V. Morton - Eric Newby - Iris Origo - John Ormond - Elizabeth Romer - John Ruskin - Mary Shelley - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Kate Simon - Tobias Smollett - Matthew Spender - Stephen Spender - Mark Twain - Edith Wharton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Leccese Powers is the editor of the anthologies \u003ci\u003eItaly in Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIreland in Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFrance in Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Reader: Thirty Writers Celebrate America's Favorite Borough\u003c\/i\u003e. A freelance writer and editor, she has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other newspapers and magazines. Ms. Powers also teaches writing at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 371\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.02 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759177892128,"sku":"9781400076758","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4d5cbfcdeeca214b659239bf67fdb5f4.webp?v=1780144461","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tuscany-in-mind-an-anthology-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}