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Rocks, ghosts and footprints : Freudian archaeology
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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.
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| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology D History General and Old World > DG Italy |
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| 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- | ||||
| Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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| Number of Pages: | 415 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 185-198 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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