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Storied cities : literary imaginings of Florence, Venice, and Rome
- Title
- Storied cities : literary imaginings of Florence, Venice, and Rome / Michael L. Ross.
- Author
- Ross, Michael L.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR129.I8 R67 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 310 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- The cities of Florence, Venice and Rome have each acquired a distinctive tradition of literary representation involving characteristic, recurrent motifs and symbolic signatures. Writing on each is examined here through the fiction and poetry of 19th- and 20th-century British and American authors.
- Series Statement
- Contributions to the study of world literature, 0738-9345 ; no 51
- Uniform Title
- Contributions to the study of world literature ; no 51.
- Subject
- English literature > Italian influences
- American literature > Italian influences
- City and town life in literature
- 17.93 themes and motives in literature
- Literature
- Literatur
- Letterkunde
- Littérature anglaise > Influence italienne
- Littérature américaine > Influence italienne
- Villes > Dans la littérature
- Florence (Italy) > In literature
- Venice (Italy) > In literature
- Rome (Italy) > In literature
- Italy > Florence
- Italy > Rome
- Italy > Venice
- Florence (Italie) > Dans la littérature
- Venise (Italie) > Dans la littérature
- Rome (Italie) > Dans la littérature
- Florenz (Motiv)
- Rom (Motiv)
- Venedig (Motiv)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-299) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: A Tale of Three Cities Florence -- The Etrurian Athens Robert Browning's Dialectical City -- A Blind Worship of Clashing Deities: Romola Agonistes -- Madonnas of the Past and Future: Howells and James -- A Room with a View: A Sense of Deities Reconciled -- The Extreme South of the Lily's Flowering: Aaron's Rod -- A Great Tradition Travestied: Fidelman in Florence Venice -- This Most Improbable of Cities "The Fair Frailty": Prison and Abyss Henry James's -- Venetian Curiosity-Shop L.P. Hartley's -- Islands of Identity Glass Menageries: The Venice of Hecht and Malamud -- Rome City of the Soul Juxtaposition: Browning and Clough Pearls and Carbuncles: The Marble Faun -- A Large Capacity for Ruin: Roderick -- Hudson and The Portrait of a Lady Brief Roman Candles: Wharton, Huxley and Malamud.
- ISBN
- 0313287171
- 9780313287176
- LCCN
- 93013011
- OCLC
- ocm27897529
- 27897529
- SCSB-2004983
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library