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The Gifts of Travel – I of II

December 25, 2014 by William Eaton

Selected authors’ observations on the “gifts of travel” Part I – Dec 25, 2014 Part II – Jan 01, 2015 On this season’s Christmas and New Year’s Day, I have selected from a few of the twenty-five “classic” travel books that I reviewed this year. I am asking, what do some of the best travel writers, past and present, have to say about the gifts of travel? Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad is one of the highest-selling travelogues of all time. […]

Categories: Tucker Cox, ZiR • Tags: Goethe, Mark Twain, travel

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Goethe: “All That Is Brooding in my Own Mind” – II of II

July 10, 2014 by William Eaton

Part II of II – Goethe’s views on Raphael, Michael Angelo, Italian society and being an artist Click here to view Part I (03 July) – about Goethe’s commitment to understanding art In Italian Journey, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s survey of architecture, sculpture and painting is an itinerary today for aficionados of Renaissance art. The famous Palladio is his muse, an   “intrinsically great” architect “who has opened the road for me to…  art and life.” There is, indeed, something divine […]

Categories: Tucker Cox, ZiR • Tags: Goethe

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Zeteo is for people who are readers, lookers, listeners, thinkers. Increasingly we are interested in short texts that call attention to other texts, works of art or music that deserve more attention than they are getting. And we are interested similarly in historical phenomena, ignored aspects of contemporary life, . . . We look forward to hearing about your ideas, your reading, what you’ve seen . . .

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