Ebook: Provence: a Cultural History

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Landscapes Of The Imagination; Preface; Introduction; Landscape: "Infinitely Complex Chiselling"; The Rhône And The Durance: "Poor Bunbury"; The Mistral And The Cicada: "I Hear The Symphonist More Than I Could Wish"; "Their Fervid Temperament Knows No Control": Dissident Southerners.; Occitan And The Troubadours; "That Detestable Corruption Of Italian and French"; Restoring The Language: The Félibrige; "The Rational, Right And Proper Food"; "Oh, For A Beaker Full Of The Warm South": Wine; Provence; Chapter One.;Celebrated by writers from Petrarch to Peter Mayle, Provence's rugged mountains, wild maquis and lavender-filled meadows are world-famous. Historic cities like Arles, Avignon and Aix contain Roman amphitheatres, papal palaces and royal residences, while market towns and picturesque villages maintain age-old traditions of wine producing and agriculture. From the highland towns of Digne and Sisteron to the marshy expanse of the Camargue, Provence encompasses a rich variety of landscapes. Mart ...