Les Souvenirs de la Sicile du comte de Forbin entre originalité et reprise

Abstract

Remained marginal for a long time compared to the typical itinerary of Italian travels, it was from the mid-eighteenth century that Sicily entered the Grand tour itineraries. The vision of this island, both wild and picturesque, had gradually become fixed and stereotyped. This article aims to analyze the image of Sicily in the Count of Forbin’s Souvenirs. A vision that defines itself as objective but that soon borders on the interaction of contents and images.