Romanticism, Republicanism, and the Swiss Myth, Paperback/***

Illuminating the reasons for the immense popularity of travel to Switzerland and the proliferation of images of that country during the Romantic period, this book shows how its idealized republican landscape enabled contemporaries to compare the Alps with Britain and to imagine a liberal alternative to French liberty. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Patrick (Universite de Neuchatel, Switzerland) Vincent Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises Number of pages: 329 Collection: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Publication date: 2025 Dimensions: 150 x 229 x 20 Cover type: Paperback / softback