City Images
Subtitle: Perspectives from Literature, Philosophy, and Film
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: January 1, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9782881244643
Subjects: Cultural studies; Urban communities; History and criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Philosophy; General; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Geographical perception; City and town life in literatu; City and town life in literature; Literature
First sentence: I start with the words of a Roman author; a characterization of cities, from Scipio's Dream, by Cicero: "You must know, my friends, that among all things done upon earth, nothing is more agreeable to the eyes of those who rule the universe than societies of men founded upon respect for laws, which we call cities."