Le voyage au service d’une peinture de la France et des Français : Maxime Du Camp en Hollande
This article aims to study the travelogue En Hollande (1859), written by the French author and photographer Maxime Du Camp. This travel document deals with a two weeks journey that Du Camp made in Holland in the winter of 1857. The article particularly examines the way Du Camp has painted the pictur...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Radboud University Press in cooperation with Open Journals
2016-12-01
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Series: | Relief: Revue Électronique de Littérature Francaise |
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Online Access: | http://www.revue-relief.org/articles/10.18352/relief.940/ |
Summary: | This article aims to study the travelogue En Hollande (1859), written by the French author and photographer Maxime Du Camp. This travel document deals with a two weeks journey that Du Camp made in Holland in the winter of 1857. The article particularly examines the way Du Camp has painted the picture of France and the French people, while travelling through different regions of the Netherlands. The article presents in detail some cultural, religious and political aspects of the French identity and culture Du Camp reflects upon in his text. |
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ISSN: | 1873-5045 |