Screen LibraryPompeii's ashes : the reception of the cities buried by vesuvius in literature, music, and drama /
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 o...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2015] ©2015 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781614518730 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9781614518730.jpg |
| Summary: |
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. |
| Carrier Form: |
1 online resource(ix,488pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
| Bibliography: | 4 schw.-w. Tab. |
| ISBN: | 9781614518730 |
| Index Number: | PN56 |
| CLC: | B1 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I From Treasure Hunting to Archaeological Dig. History of the Excavations of Herculaneum and Pompeii -- II Travelers to the Vesuvian Cities -- III Pagan Pompeii in Fiction -- IV Jews and Christians in Pompeii Novels -- V Modern and Contemporary Visits to Pompeii in Fiction: A Perilous Affair -- VI Time Traveling to Ancient Pompeii -- VII Real and Fictional Manuscripts from Pompeii and Herculaneum -- VIII Pompeii on Stage and Screen -- IX Herculaneum Under Vesuvius -- X Intimations of Pompeii: By Way of Envoy -- Bibliography -- Index of Names, Places, and Subjects. |