In ruins / Christopher Woodward.

Main entry:

Woodward, Christopher. author.

Title & Author:

In ruins / Christopher Woodward.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [2001]
©2001

Description:

280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index.
Who Killed Daisy Miller? -- A Perverse Pleasure -- Haunted Houses -- Ephesus without an Umbrella -- An Exemplary Frailty -- Time's Shipwreck -- Serious Follies -- Self-portrait in Ruins -- The Ozymandias Complex -- Dust in the Air Suspended -- The Novelist, the Fisherman and the Prince.

Summary:

Combines elements of history, memoir, and travelogue into a meditation on the meaning of ruins and their hold on the human imagination, ranging from the plains of Troy to the monuments of ancient Rome, as he describes the experiences of artists and writers who were fascinated with ruins around the world.

Resources:
Sample text

ISBN:

0375421998
9780375421990

Subject:

Excavations (Archaeology) Anecdotes.
Excavations (Archaeology) Social aspects Anecdotes.
Historic sites Anecdotes.
Voyages and travels Anecdotes.
Artists Travel Anecdotes.
Authors Travel Anecdotes.
Travelers' writings.
Fouilles (Archéologie) Anecdotes.
Fouilles (Archéologie) Aspect social Anecdotes.
Lieux historiques Anecdotes.
Artistes Voyages Anecdotes.
Écrivains Voyages Anecdotes.
Écrits de voyageurs.
travel literature.
Artists Travel
Authors Travel
Excavations (Archaeology)
Historic sites
Voyages and travels
Ruins Anecdotes.
Ruins Social aspects Anecdotes.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
Writings.
travelers’ writings.
travelog (performed works genre)
Anecdotes
Travel writing
Récits de voyages.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 229292
Call No.: CC175 .W66 2001
Status: Available

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