Travelers to an Antique Land: The History and Literature of Travel to Greece

In Travelers to an Antique Land, Robert Eisner embarks on an engaging journey through centuries of fascination with Greece-a land alternately imagined, idealized, and rediscovered by visitors from across the world. Blending historical narrative and literary analysis, Eisner charts the evolution of travel to Greece, focusing on how successive generations of writers, scholars, and adventurers experienced and depicted its landscapes, people, and ruins.From antiquarian explorers and Grand Touri...