Author: Margaret Malamud
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444305085
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Ancient Rome and Modern America explores the vital role thenarratives and images of Rome have played in America’sunderstanding of itself and its history. Places America’s response to Rome in a historicalcontext, from the Revolutionary era to the present Looks at portrayals of Rome in different media: writing,architecture, theatre, painting, World’s Fairs andExpositions, and film Beautifully illustrated with over 40 high quality photographsand figures