After 1870, Rome underwent vast changes both as a city and as an idea - Old Rome, enshrined in myth and legend, became New Rome, a national capital. Understanding Rome's transition is essential to understanding what Europe was, and the crisis it is now confronting.
After 1870, Rome underwent vast changes both as a city and as an idea - Old Rome, enshrined in myth and legend, became New Rome, a national capital. Understanding Rome's transition is essential to understanding what Europe was, and the crisis it is now confronting.
Since 1977, John Pemble has been attached to the University of Bristol, where he is currently Senior Research Fellow. He has published a wide range of books and articles, including Shakespeare Goes to Paris (Continnuum, 2005), Britain's Gurkha War (Frontline Books, 2008), and The Mediterranean Passion (Faber and Faber, 2009). He has written for The Listener, the Times Literary Supplement, and The Guardian, and is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.
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Preface and Acknowledgements Prologue: Two Poets and Three Romes 1: Paradise, Grave, City, Wilderness 2: Old Rome and the Modern Mind 3: The Dying of the Light 4: Apollo Deposed 5: Far-off Fields of Memory 6: The Prisoner in the Vatican 7: The Second Coming Notes Index
Preface and Acknowledgements Prologue: Two Poets and Three Romes 1: Paradise, Grave, City, Wilderness 2: Old Rome and the Modern Mind 3: The Dying of the Light 4: Apollo Deposed 5: Far-off Fields of Memory 6: The Prisoner in the Vatican 7: The Second Coming Notes Index
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