Bracewell, W;
(2015)
Gjuro Ferrich’s Periegesis orae Rhacusanae (1803) as a Travel Polemic.
Dubrovnik Annals
, 19
pp. 99-121.
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Abstract
Gjuro Ferrich’s Periegesis orae Rhacusanae (1803) has been read as a description of Ragusa’s territories, as a sarcastic commentary on Ragusan manners and morals, and as a poetic paraphrase of physiocratic ideas. Now a hitherto unstudied letter from the author suggests that it should also be read as a ‘counter-travelogue’, a polemical reply to a foreign account of Ragusa. This study sets Ferrich’s Periegesis in context, examining its relationship to Francesco Maria Appendini’s Notizie (1802-03); the different models Ferrich may have drawn upon in framing his text; and the insights into particular images provided by a polemical reply to Ferrich composed by Marin Zlatarich. Ferrich’s Periegesis emerges as a ‘discreet’ polemic, with different messages addressed to its domestic readers on the one hand and its foreign audience on the other.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Gjuro Ferrich’s Periegesis orae Rhacusanae (1803) as a Travel Polemic |
| Location: | Croatia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clan... |
| Keywords: | Đuro Ferić, Marin Zlatarić, travel polemics, counter-travelogue, transnational cultural exchange |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1471169 |
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