2. Goethe and Stolberg in Italy

Fig. 2 View of the Bay of Naples. Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg, Reise in Deutschland der Schweiz, Italien und Sicilien in den Jahren 1791 bis 1792, in Gesammelte Werke der Brüder Christian und Friedrich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg, 20 vols (Hamburg: Perthes und Besser, 1820–25), VII, plate facing p. 340. The eighteenth century saw travel literature come into its own as a major literary genre. Not only did it give accounts of actual travels: it also contained useful information for the travel.