{"title":"Richard Owen","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the Richard Owen collection, an exquisite assemblage of literary works that tantalise the wanderlust in every reader. Richard Owen is a celebrated author known for his profound insights and eloquent narratives that transport readers into vivid landscapes and times of the past and present. His remarkable books have carved a niche in the realms of travel and adventure, as well as biography and memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChaucer's Italy\u003c\/em\u003e invites you on a journey through medieval Italy, exploring the fascinating influences of Italian culture on Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English literature. In \u003cem\u003eHemingway in Italy\u003c\/em\u003e, Owen delves into the vibrant settings that inspired Ernest Hemingway, painting a rich picture of the places that played pivotal roles in shaping the legendary writer’s life and works. 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Whether you are an avid traveller, a history enthusiast, or a biography lover, Owen’s works promise a journey of both the mind and the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hemingway-in-italy-by-richard-owen-9781909961388","title":"Hemingway in Italy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErnest Hemingway is most often associated with Spain, Cuba, and Florida, but Italy was equally important in his life and work. \u003ci\u003eHemingway in Italy\u003c\/i\u003e, the first full-length study on the subject, explores Hemingway’s visits throughout his life to such places as Sicily, Genoa, Rapallo, Cortina, and Venice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Owen describes how Hemingway first visited Italy during World War I, an experience that set the scene for \u003ci\u003eA Farewell to Arms\u003c\/i\u003e. The writer then returned after World War II, where he would find inspiration for \u003ci\u003eAcross the River and into the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e. When \u003ci\u003eMen without Women\u003c\/i\u003e was published, some reviewers declared Hemingway to be at heart a reporter preoccupied with bullfighters, soldiers, prostitutes, and hard drinkers. However, their claims failed to note that he also wrote sensitively and passionately about love and loss against an Italian backdrop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOwen highlights the significance of Italy in the writer’s life. On the night he shot himself in July 1961, for example, Hemingway sang a song he had once learned in Cortina d’Ampezzo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHemingway returned to Italy again and again, and the places he visited or used as inspiration for his work are many. At the same time, the inspiration goes both ways: Owen describes how the fifteenth-century villa Ca’ Erizzo at Bassano del Grappa, where the American Red Cross ambulances were stationed, is now a museum devoted to the writer and World War I. Showing how the Italian landscape, from the Venetian lagoon to the Dolomites and beyond, deeply affected one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eHemingway in Italy\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that this country belongs alongside Spain as a key influence on his writing—and why the Italians themselves took Hemingway and his writing to heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855783284972,"sku":"9781909961388","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/368163482868.jpg?v=1759277022"},{"product_id":"chaucers-italy-by-richard-owen-9781914982040","title":"Chaucer's Italy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of the influence of Italy and Italians on Chaucer’s life and writing.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Chaucer might be considered the quintessential English writer, but he drew much of his inspiration and material from Italy. In fact, without the tremendous influence of Francesco Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio (among others), the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e might never have assumed his place as the “father” of English literature. Nevertheless, Richard Owen’s \u003ci\u003eChaucer’s Italy\u003c\/i\u003e begins in London, where the poet dealt with Italian merchants in his roles as court diplomat and customs official.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNext, Owen takes us, via Chaucer’s capture at the siege of Rheims, to his involvement in arranging the marriage of King Edward III’s son Lionel in Milan and his missions to Genoa and Florence. By scrutinising his encounters with Petrarch, Boccaccio, and the mercenary knight John Hawkwood—and with vividly evocative descriptions of the Arezzo, Padua, Florence, Certaldo, and Milan that Chaucer would have encountered—Owen reveals the deep influence of Italy’s people and towns on Chaucer’s poems and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMuch writing on Chaucer depicts a misleadingly parochial figure, but as Owen’s enlightening short study of Chaucer’s Italian years makes clear, the poet’s life was internationally eventful. 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