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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Montaigne Inside and Out
2. Textuality, Sexuality, and Political Geography: André de la Vigne and the French Conquest of Naples
3. Space, Travel, and Work
4. The Topographical Narrative
5. Spaces and Places of the Voyage d’Italie
6. Mapping Montaigne’s Rome
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
“This study illuminates early French travels to Italy from a myriad of angles: linguistic, political, historical, biographical, medical, and architectural. At the same time, it explores outward, linking historical materials to questions of leisure, militarism, and global tourism. Advancing the notion of ‘performed leisure,’ Keatley smartly situates French travel within a rich context of political, social, economic, and learned textual impulses. His study of Montaigne’s voyage, in particular, proves a tour de force.”
—George Hoffmann, author of Reforming French Culture: Satire, Spiritual Alienation, and Connection to Strangers
