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Journey into Barbary Wyndham Lewis

Journey into Barbary By Wyndham Lewis

Journey into Barbary by Wyndham Lewis


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In the spring and summer of 1931, the author travelled to Morocco. Escaping the furore that surrounded the publication of his controversial book on Hitler, he also intended to explore the culture of the Berbers of Morocco. This title offers an account of Morocco in the '30s as well as of Europe's involvement and attitudes towards it.

Journey into Barbary Summary

Journey into Barbary: Travels across Morocco by Wyndham Lewis

In the spring and summer of 1931, Wyndham Lewis travelled to the westernmost part of the Berber heartland in Morocco, known traditionally as 'Barbary'. Wanting to avoid what he called 'the Baedekered blight' of Anglo-American tourism, he set out for the majestic High Atlas mountains with pens and watercolours to record, in words and images, the rich traditional culture and changing face of the wild, isolated Berber tribes who carved a harsh life out of Morocco's remotest regions. The result is a blend of two arts, the literary skill of a detached and humorous observer, mixed with the drawings of one of the 20th century's most exciting and original artists. Through the eyes of a creative genius, Journey into Barbary is both an inimitable portrait of Morocco and one of the first truly modern accounts of a country that had for so long remained an enigma to generations of travellers.

Journey into Barbary Reviews

Lewis was one of those high-powered, controversial and prophetic figures to whom no one can react with indifference. He was a fellow-traveller with fascism who wrote enthusiastically about Hitler... A toughy, you see: a would-be shocker: a braggart. But his eye for the comic surface of things is marvelous. Philip Toynbee, Observer The most fascinating personality of our time. T.S. Eliot 'Bears witness to Lewis's vigorous admiration for the character and culture of the Berbers...and to Lewis's unconventional wisdom brought to bear on landscape, architecture and landscape.' TLS

About Wyndham Lewis

Original, ferociously witty, controversial, Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) is celebrated as a painter - co-founder of the Vorticist Movement - and writer. His most well-known novels include The Revenge for Love and Tarr, as well as a major work of fiction, The Human Age. He served in France during World War I and his subsequent paintings of war earned him a place as one of the early 20th century's most dynamic artists.

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword Editor's Introduction Filibusters in Barbary Part One: London to Casa Part Two: Rio de Oro Kasbahs and Souks Bibliography Notes on Illustrations

Additional information

GOR008494291
9781780763521
1780763522
Journey into Barbary: Travels across Morocco by Wyndham Lewis
Used - Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20130828
240
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