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Pompeii's Ashes : The Literary Reception of the Cities Buried by Vesuvius in Literature, Music, and Drama

By Moormann , Eric M

Book information

Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Year
2015
ISBN
1614518858, 978-1-61451-885-3, 978-1-61451-873-0, 1614518734, 9781614518754, 1614518750, 978-1-61451-918-8, 1614519188
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3818931 bytes)
Pages
446 S\498
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
1522: HardcoverSoftcover / Philosophie/Antike Fachpublikum/ Wisse

Description

Pompeii's Ashes focuses on the many ways Pompeii and Herculaneum feature in fiction, drama, music, and cinema and shows how interest in the oldest running archaeological projects in the world continue until now. It begins with an analysis of their excavation history, and continues with discussions of travelers' reports and their depiction in historical novels, contemporary and time traveling adventures, and works dedicated to Vesuvius

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