The Marquis de Sade was thirty-five when he set out on the trip chronicled in Journey to Italy. We acknowledge (and remind and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole. Please note that these ratings solely represent the complete review 's biased interpretation and subjective opinion of the actual reviews and do not claim to accurately reflect or represent the views of the reviewers. (.) For Steintrager, Sade’s performance as a “Philosophical Informant” (one title he considered for his unpublished Voyage) is less significant than Italy’s impact on his imagination." - David Coward, Times Literary Supplement And though he described himself as “a second-class art-lover”, he provides solid descriptions and opinions of artworks, architecture and public places. "(S)turdily translated and exhaustively edited (.) He keeps complaints about the terrible roads, indifferent lodgings, dull cuisine and thieving functionaries to a grumbling minimum but salutes the picturesque and pays his own pre-romantic tribute to ruins.Rien de commun, par exemple, avec le plaisir premier que l'on prend à relire, voire même à découvrir une œuvre comparable par le sujet, comme Rome, Naples et Florence, de Stendhal." - Matthieu Galey, Le Monde "Ce Voyage d'Italie est une auberge espagnole où il faut apporter son érudition - et un certain gauchissement de l'esprit - pour y découvrir ce qui s'y cache.With eight color plates and 22 illustrationsī+ : interesting piece of work in this superb scholarly presentation.
Translated and annotated, and with an Introduction by James A.
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