| The Spirit of Rome Contributor(s): Lee, Vernon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1508841322 ISBN-13: 9781508841326 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.17 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Travel | Europe - Italy |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.23 lbs) 70 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Spirit of Rome is a classic Italian travel text By Vernon Lee focussing on the country's great capital, Rome. I was brought up in Rome, from the age of twelve to that of seventeen, but did not return there for many years afterwards. I discovered it anew for myself, while knowing all its sites and its details; discovered, that is to say, its meaning to my thoughts and feelings. Hence, in all my impressions, a mixture of familiarity and of astonishment; a sense, perhaps answering to the reality, that Rome--it sounds a platitude--is utterly different from everything else, and that we are therefore in different relations to it. |