Whispering City: Modern Rome and Its Histories

by Richard J.B. Bosworth

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An accomplished Italianist looks beyond Rome's storied facades to offer insight into the many histories of one of the world's best-loved cities

In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud claimed that Rome must be comprehended as "not a human dwelling place but a mental entity," in which the palaces of the Caesars still stand alongside modern apartment buildings in layers of brick, mortar, and memory. "The observer...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300114710

ISBN13:9780300114713

Release Date:April 2011

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:358 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"

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