Sites of Exchange: European Crossroads and Faultlines (Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft 103) (Internationale ... Zur Allgemeinen Und Vergleichende)

Crossing Borders - Both Physically And Imaginatively - Is Part Of Our 'nomadic' Postmodern Identity, But Transcultural And Transnational Exchanges Have Also Played A Major Role In The Centuries-long Processes Of Hybridisation That Helped To Fashion The Vast Geographic, Political And Imaginative Container Of Diversity We Call Europe. This Volume Gathers Together The Work Of Scholars From Several European Countries In An Attempt To Encourage A Collective Reflection Upon Historical - And Often 'mythical' - Locations And Landscapes, As Well As Upon The Thresholds And Faultlines That Unite Or Separate Them. The Issues The Volume Tackles Are Delicate And Complex, For The Encounter Of Differences Engenders Both Curiosity And Suspicion And There Is No Easy Way To Create A New Synthesis While Respecting And Promoting Diversity. However, Since Europe Is Inevitably A Cultural And Political Entity 'in The Making', Europeans Should Embrace The 'great Narrative' Of A 'utopian Project', Uniting Their Efforts To Work Towards A Civilisation That Is Grounded On Plurality And Openness. Travelling In The Traces Of ... Italian Spaces And The Traces Of The Other / Manfred Pfister -- Egypt In England And America : The Cultural Memorials Of Religion, Royalty And Revolution / Edward Chaney -- The Invention Of The Mediterranean / Marino Niola -- Vesuvius For Everyone In 19th Century France / Alvio Patierno -- Goethe And Von Archenholz In Naples In 1787 : Views Of The City Between Myth And Reality / Paola Paumgardhen -- Glances At Naples, Centre Of Campania Felix : First Step Towards A Complex Cultural Theme / Adriana Corrado -- Water And Memory / David Skilton -- Ruin And The Loss Of Empire : From Venice And New Zealand To The Thames / David Skilton -- Rose Macaulay's Fabled Shore : Driving Through Cities And Landscapes / Eleonora Federici -- Water, Mourning And The Quest For Origin In Irene Nemirovsky's Works / Franca Zanelli Quarantini -- The Modern Voyage : In Search Of Identity In The Light Of Selected Works Of English Writers Of The 1930s / Olga Binczyk -- The City Of Texts / Monica Spiridon -- Seismic Aftershocks : Responses To The Great Lisbon Earthquake Of 1755 / Susan Bassnett -- Sites Of Exchange And Topographies Of Memory At The Northeastern Borders Of Italy / Katia Pizzi -- Memories Of A Post-metropolis : Torre E Tasso Across The Atlantic / Monica Spiridon -- Valletta (meta) Fictionalized Historiographically In Thomas Pynchon's V / Peter Vassallo -- Borders, Frontiers And Boundaries / Mourizio Ascari -- Shifting Borders : The Lure Of Italy And The Orient In The Writings Of 18th And 19th Century British Travellers / Maurizio Ascari -- The 'ulster'-irish Border, Protestant Imaginative Geography And Cultural Memory In The Irish Troubles / Graham Dawson -- Cultural Spaces In Border Territories / Jola Skulj -- The Redemption Of The Siren / Paola Villani -- Captive Naples / Dianna Pickens. Edited By Maurizio Ascari And Adriana Corrado. Includes Bibliographical References. Table of Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 1. The Grand Tour and the Mediterranean......Page 24 Travelling in the Traces of ... Italian Spaces and the Traces of the Other......Page 26 Egypt in England and America: The Cultural Memorials of Religion, Royalty and Revolution......Page 40 The Invention of the Mediterranean......Page 76 Vesuvius for Everyone in 19th Century France......Page 88 Goethe and Von Archenholz in Naples in 1787: Views of the City between Myth and Reality......Page 98 Glances at Naples, Centre of Campania Felix: First Step towards a Complex Cultural Theme......Page 106 2. Water and Cultural Memory......Page 124 Water and Memory......Page 126 Ruin and the Loss of Empire: From Venice and New Zealand to the Thames......Page 132 Rose Macaulay’s Fabled Shore: Driving through Cities and Landscapes......Page 142 Water, Mourning and the Quest for Origin in Irène Némirovsky's Works......Page 152 The Modern Voyage: In Search of Identity in the Light of Selected Works of English Writers of the 1930s......Page 158 3. Literature and Cityscapes......Page 168 The City of Texts......Page 170 Seismic Aftershocks: Responses to the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755......Page 178 Sites of Exchange and Topographies of Memory at the Northeastern Borders of Italy......Page 190 Memories of a Post-Metropolis: "Torre e Tasso" across the Atlantic......Page 198 Valletta (meta)fictionalized historiographically in Thomas Pynchon's V......Page 208 4. Borders and Conflicts......Page 216 Borders, Frontiers and Boundaries......Page 218 Shifting Borders: The Lure of Italy and the Orient in the Writings of 18th and 19th Century British travellers......Page 228 The 'Ulster'-Irish Border, Protestant Imaginative Geography and Cultural Memory in the Irish Troubles......Page 238 Cultural Spaces in Border Territories......Page 252 The Redemption of the Siren......Page 264 Captive Naples......Page 280 Concluding Remarks......Page 292 Notes on Contributors......Page 294