City of the Soul: Rome and the Romantics

by John A. Pinto and Colin B. Bailey

City of the Soul critically examines how an international cast of visitors fashioned Rome's image, visual and literary, in the century between 1770 and 1870--from the era of the Grand Tour to the onset of mass tourism. The Eternal City emerges not only as an intensely physical place but also as a romantic idea onto which artists and writers projected their own imaginations and longings. The book will appeal to a wide audience of readers interested...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875981712
• ISBN13: 9780875981710
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 11.2"