Provence: a Cultural History

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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 ... 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. The "Babylonian Captivity"The Palace of the Popes: "An Impregnable Fortress, A Luxurious Palace, A Horrible Prison" The Grand Tinel Pope Clement's Feast Painting The Palace Notre-Dame Des Doms "Sur Le Pont d'Avignon": The Pope's Mule The Petit Palais And The Musée Lapidaire The Musée Calvet The Avignon Festival Villeneuve-Lès-Avignon Chapter Two Mont Ventoux Fontaine-De-Vaucluse: Discoursing With Love L'Isle Sur La Sorgue: "Delicious Streams" Salon-De-Provence Orange: "The Most Beautiful Wall" Vaison-La-Romaine Grignan Chapter Three. Van Gogh's Arles: "To Express, With Red And Green, The Terrible Passions Of Humanity"The Arena The Theatre: "Sisters Of Mireille" Place Du Forum And The Cryptoportiques Les Alyscamps The Musée De L'Arles Antique Saint-Trophime: "So Cruel, So Monstrous, Like A Chinese Nightmare" The Musée Réattu And The Museon Arlaten Montmajour Chapter Four Saint-Paul-De-Mausole: "Light Turning Into Conflagration" Les Antiques Glanum Saint-Rémy-De-Provence Les Baux: "Bastions And Buttresses And Coigns Of Vantage" Chapter Five The Plaine De La Crau: "Goblins Of Light." The Camargue: "The Verges Of The Earth"Les Saintes-Maries-De-La-Mer: "The Blue Whiteness Of The MilkyWay" Saint-Gilles Aigues-Mortes: "A Bright, Quiet Melancholy" Chapter Six Le Bon Roi René Saint-Sauveur The Burning Bush The Musée Des Tapisseries And The Musée Du Vieil Aix "The Houses Very High And The Streets Ample" The Hôtel De Forbin: Royal Views Aix-La-Somnolente Zola's Plassans Cézanne And The Montagne Sainte-Victoire The Musée Granet Saint-Maximin And La Sainte Baume Chapter Seven Massalia: "Turning Towards The Greeks." Vestiges: The Musée d'Histoire De Marseille, Musée Des Docks Romains And Centre De La Vieille CharitéPassing Through Royal Arrivals Plague Pagnol's Vieux-Port The Holocaust And The Destruction Of The Vieux-Port Galleys And Prisons The Château d'If "Black Docker": Claude McKay And Ousmane Sembène Churches And Cathedrals Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation Aubagne And La Treille Souvenirs D'Enfance Cassis: "Brilliant Yellow And Ink Black" L'Estaque: "Masterful Smears And Smudges" Chapter Eight Roussillon Lourmarin Lacoste: "Making A Spectacle Of Oneself "