Synopsis
How Rome was experienced and conveyed in travel literature from the centuries preceding and following the period of the Grand Tour is the subject of this book. Its point of departure was the international and interdisciplinary conference The City of the Soul. The literary making of Rome, held at the Swedish Institute in Rome (9-10 September, 2010). The authors of the 13 essays contained in the book examine the writings of both renowned and less known travellers from different countries (Sweden, France, England, United States, etc.). The great variety of angles and perspectives presented in the book depends on the different motives and expectations of the examined authors. Their writings (travelogues, poetry, novels, letters, intimate diaries, etc.) show the Eternal City not only as a topographic reality but also as a complex myth embracing the idea of Western civilisation.
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City of the Soul: The Literary Making of Rome
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Svenska Institutet i Rom, Stockholm, 2015
ISBN 10: 917042182X
ISBN 13: 9789170421822
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Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 205 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm. Contents: The literary making of an eternal city / Sabrina Norlander Eliasson and Stefano Fogelberg Rota "Rome as a trope" : some early modern examples / Anders Cullhed Two Oxenstiernas in Rome : sightseeing, public performanes and artistic education / Anna Bortolozzi L'immagine di Roma nella corrispondenza delle sorelle de la Trémoille (1675-1701) / Anne-Madeleine Goulet La Roma arcade del senatore svedese Nils Bielke / Stefano Fogelberg Rota Sognare Roma/vedere Roma. Il viaggio in Italia di Carl Fredrik Fredenheim / Rossana Caira Lumetti Intensity and irony in a serious city / Chloe Chard Trasfigurazioni di Roma nell'immaginario di Stendahl / Letizia Norci Cagiano Henry James's cultural capital : Rome as a moral testing ground in his 1870-1880 fiction / Elżbieta Foeller-Pituch Hawthorne's Rome and the US high cultural sphere / Anna De Biasio Remembering a Roman tavern. Food, wine and nostalgia in paintings and memoirs by Scandinavian artists 1830-1870 / Martin Olin Art, nationalism and politics during occupation and Restoration Rome : "O che razza infame è mal quella dei leccaculi!" / Fredrik Thomasson Civis romanus sum. The Roman nobility and the loss of l'ancien regime in the writings of the Swedish Marquis Claes Lagergren / Sabrina Norlander Eliasson Mirroring the 19th century. The Scandinavian travelogue and the adventures of Euthanasia Bondeson / Carina Burman. Seller Inventory # PGEDDYSE18