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1、Nineteenth-CenturyContextsAnInterdisciplinaryJournalISSN:0890-5495(Print)1477-2663(Online)Journalhomepage:http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/gncc20VictorianRoadstoRome:HistoricalTravelintheWakeoftheGrandTourDoryAgazarianTocitethisarticle:DoryAgazarian(2015)VictorianRoadstoRome:HistoricalTravelintheWakeo
2、ftheGrandTour,Nineteenth-CenturyContexts,37:5,391-409,DOI:10.1080/08905495.2015.1080883Tolinktothisarticle:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08905495.2015.1080883Publishedonline:24Sep2015.SubmityourarticletothisjournalArticleviews:254ViewrelatedarticlesViewCrossmarkdataFullTerms&Conditionsofaccessandusecanb
3、efoundathttp://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=gncc20Downloadby:[111.122.198.185]Date:06March2016,At:00:54Nineteenth-CenturyContexts,2015Vol.37,No.5,391409,http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08905495.2015.1080883VictorianRoadstoRome:HistoricalTravelintheWakeoftheGrandTourDoryAgazari
4、anDepartmentofHistory,CUNYGraduateCenter1.IntroductionForcenturies,theBritishimaginedRomeasanEternalCity,theQueenofCities,theVenerableCity(Echard165).ItwasfromtheeternalsourceofRomesimperialhillthatallthirstforknowledgecouldbeassuaged(ByronIII.110).GenerationsofBrit-ainsprivilegedyoungmenwerebrought
5、uptolearnLatinandmemorizeclassicaltextsbeforeembarkingonaGrandTour.WendingtheirwaytoRome,theywerethrilledbyacityeasilydecipheredasanillustrationofonesclassicaleducation.Butin1854,whenFrancesElliotvisitedRome,shefoundherselfunabletocomprehendwhatshesaw.Confoundedbythenewnamesforeveryruin,shelaughedat
6、thoseequippedwithtutors,booksandantiquariantheoriesresolutelyattemptingtounderstandwhatisnotunderstandable(1434).WhywasElliotunabletoparticipateinaGrandTourtraditionthathadenduredforsolong?WhyhadVictorianRomebecomesodifficulttounderstand?ScholarssuchasJamesBuzardandLynneWitheyhavearguedthattheageofth
7、eGrandTourendedwhenleisuretravelnolongerbelongedsolelytothearistocraticgentleman.FrancesDownloadedby[111.122.198.185]at00:5406March2016Elliot,amiddleclasswomanandaprofessionalwriter,representedanewgen