Orrells, Daniel (2011) Rocks, ghosts and footprints : Freudian archaeology. In: Hales, Shelley, 1971- and Paul, Joanna, 1978-, (eds.) Pompeii in the public imagination from its rediscovery to today. Classical presences . Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 185-198. ISBN 9780199569366

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Abstract

The city of Pompeii has had an enormous impact on Western imaginations since its rediscovery under the ashes of the volcano that destroyed it in 79 CE. In the 250 years since excavations began, Pompeii has helped to bring the ancient world to life for everyone, from music hall audiences to gentleman scholars, and it continues to have an impact on the way in which we think about the past, and the human condition itself. The contributors to this generously illustrated volume, who include the novelist Robert Harris, in a recorded interview, investigate how Pompeii has been used in film, fiction, and art on both sides of the Atlantic over three centuries. They explore the many different ways in which Pompeii inhabits our imaginations: as ghostly relic of human suffering, romantic ruin, model of cultural inspiration, home of a distant, decadent culture, and comforting model for everyday life.

Item Type:	Book Item
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology D History General and Old World > DG Italy
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > Classics and Ancient History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Antiquities
Series Name:	Classical presences
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:	Oxford
ISBN:	9780199569366
Book Title:	Pompeii in the public imagination from its rediscovery to today
Editor:	Hales, Shelley, 1971- and Paul, Joanna, 1978-
Date:	2011
Number of Pages:	415
Page Range:	pp. 185-198
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/40771

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