Lessons of Travel in Eighteenth–Century France – From Grand Tour to School Trip…

Lessons of Travel in Eighteenth-Century FranceFrom Grand Tour to School Trips\nAuthor(s): Gbor Gellri\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Boydell Press\nISBN-13: 9781783274369, 978-1783274369\nSynopsis\nA study of the literature of the 'art of travel' in eighteenth-century France, showing how consideration of who should travel and for what purpose provided an occasion for wider debate about the social status quo.\n\nEarly modern educational travel is usually associated with the Grand Tour: a young nobleman's journey through the established highlights of Europe. Lessons of Travel presents how, in eighteenth-century France, this practice was heavily contested, and the idea of educational travel had far wider implications.\n Through the study of a huge range of both canonical and little-known sources discussing \""the art of travel\"", from abb Pluche's educational best seller, The Spectacle of Nature, through Rousseau's mile to practical .