Venice Observed by Mary McCarthy (English) Paperback Book

Description: Venice Observed by Mary McCarthy Mary McCarthy explores the history, art, architecture, religion, and cultural peculiarities of the City of Canals. Mordantly witty and legendarily wry, Venice Observed is a classic travel narrative for the ages. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description With a lack of sentimentality unusual for the genre, Venice Observed explores the history, art, architecture, religion, and cultural peculiarities of the City of Canals. Mordantly witty and legendarily wry, Mary McCarthy catalogs the impressions of such visitors to the city as Montaigne, Stendhal, Spencer, and Henry James, but paints her own wholly original depictions of the city. Her adoration of the immortal city enlivens her interest in everything from the Venetian preference for cats over dogs to Tintorettos paintings in the Scuola di San Rocco. Concerning Venices ubiquitous tourists, McCarthy notes, "The complaint against foreigners, voiced by a foreigner, chimes querulously through the ages, in unison with the medieval monk who found St Marks Square filled with Turks, Libyans, Parthians, and other monsters of the sea. Today it is the Germans we complain of, and no doubt they complain of the Americans, in the same words." Conversational yet deeply informed, Venice Observed is a classic travel narrative for the ages. Author Biography Mary McCarthy (1912-1989) was an American critic, public intellectual, and author of more than two dozen books, including her New York Times bestseller, The Group. After graduating from Vassar in 1933 McCarthy moved to New York City and garnered attention as a cutting theater and book critic, contributing to a wide range of publications, such as the Nation, the New Republic, Harpers Magazine, and the New York Review of Books. She served on the editorial staff of the Partisan Review from 1937 to 1948. During the 1940s and 1950s she was a vocal opponent of both McCarthyism and communism. She wrote liberal critiques of culture and power to the end of her life, opposing the Vietnam War in the 1960s and covering the Watergate scandal hearings in the 1970s. In addition to The Group, her other novels include The Company She Keeps and Memories of a Catholic Girlhood. McCarthy also proved herself to be one of literatures greatest traveling companions with the publication of Venice Observed and The Stones of Florence. For her work, McCarthy won a number of awards, including two Guggenheim Fellowships. She died on October 25, 1989. Details ISBN1735515191 Author Mary McCarthy Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1735515191 ISBN-13 9781735515199 Format Paperback Publication Date 2020-09-10 Pages 124 UK Release Date 2020-09-10 Audience General Publisher Warbler Classics Imprint Warbler Classics We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:130368514;

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