BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news330@english.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221124T172013 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20211202T101500 SUMMARY:The Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour and the Swiss Myth DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, I show how Grand Tour accounts of Switze rland\, whether in the form of travelogues\, poetry\, or fiction\, often u se what historians have called the ‘Swiss myth’ in order to address so me of the age’s most important political and social concerns. I first re view the myth’s significance as a marker of popular sovereignty in a ser ies of Whig texts from Joseph Addison to the Duchess of Devonshire\, takin g the opportunity to address the conventions of eighteenth-century travel writing as well. I then focus in my second part on two influential travelo gues by William Coxe and Helen Maria Williams to illustrate how the Swiss myth was transformed into a more conservative symbol of customary freedoms and of social order under pressure of the French Revolution\, and how Bri tish radicals sought to recuperate the myth in the name of French-style li berté. If the Revolution marked the end of the Grand Tour\, I conclude\, it also deflated the ideological significance of the Swiss myth\, preparin g the way for modern tourism in Switzerland.\\r\\nIf you would like to lis ten to this guest lecture\, please contact Prof. Ina Habermann [mailto:ina .habermann@unibas.ch] to obtain the necessary Zoom link. X-ALT-DESC:

In this presentation\, I show how Grand Tour accounts of Swit zerland\, whether in the form of travelogues\, poetry\, or fiction\, often use what historians have called the ‘Swiss myth’ in order to address some of the age’s most important political and social concerns. I first review the myth’s significance as a marker of popular sovereignty in a s eries of Whig texts from Joseph Addison to the Duchess of Devonshire\, tak ing the opportunity to address the conventions of eighteenth-century trave l writing as well. I then focus in my second part on two influential trave logues by William Coxe and Helen Maria Williams to illustrate how the Swis s myth was transformed into a more conservative symbol of customary freedo ms and of social order under pressure of the French Revolution\, and how B ritish radicals sought to recuperate the myth in the name of French-style liberté. If the Revolution marked the end of the Grand Tour\, I conclude\, it also deflated the ideological significance of the Swiss myth \, preparing the way for modern tourism in Switzerland.

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If you wou ld like to listen to this guest lecture\, please contact Prof. Ina Habermann to obtain the necessary Zo om link.

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