Storied Cities
Subtitle: Literary Imaginings of Florence, Venice, and Rome (Contributions to the Study of World Literature)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: December 30, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780313287176
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Poetry & poets: 19th century; Poetry & poets: from c 1900 -; Special Subjects In Literature; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literature: Classics; Italy; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; General; American literature; City and town life in literatu; City and town life in literature; English literature; Florence (Italy); Italian influences
First sentence: This book was not written to prove a theory, but it has a theoretical premise: that setting enters more profoundly into the life of literary works than it is fashionable to suppose.