Travellers in the Apennines Nick Havely
Event details
DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THIS EVENT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE AS A YOUTUBE PREMIERE RATHER THAN IN PERSON AS PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED.
Discover the literary, historical and cultural richness of the Apennine region of Italy as author Nick Havely explores the power of mountains on the imaginations of writers.
Nick will take you on an illustrated journey along the modern long-distance walking trail of the 'Great Apennine Excursion', moving back and forth in time: from the Middle Ages to World War Two and from the journeys of pilgrims, merchants and tourists to those of soldiers, partisans and poets.
Drawing on his book, Apennine Crossings: Travellers on the Edge of Tuscany, Nick will present a cast of characters including major writers and poets, such as Dante, Goethe and Shelley, together with less well-known figures whose journeys, experiences and responses cast new light on a landscape that is close to yet remote from the sites typically visited by modern travellers to Italy.
This is a YouTube Premiere event. You’ll be sent a link to the screening a couple of days before it takes place, as well as a reminder an hour before. Please note that YouTube provides automated captioning that may not be 100% accurate and may vary in quality. Answers to frequently asked questions, plus tips on making the most of your Festival experience, can be found on the Festival website.
About the speaker
Nick Havely is Emeritus Professor at the University of York, where he taught courses on English literature and Dante in the Department of English and Related Literature and the Centre for Medieval Studies from 1971 to 2011. He has held Leverhulme and Bogliasco Fellowships, and has been elected an Honorary Member of the Dante Society of America. His recent books include: Dante’s British Public (2014); After Dante (2021, a new translation of the Purgatorio by 16 contemporary poets); and Apennine Crossings: Travellers on the Edge of Tuscany (Oxford University Press, 2024).
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