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1 online resource (129 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Pilgrimage -- A scene of ancient fame -- In the shadow of Vesuvius -- City of secrets and surprises -- Naples redux : an ancient city arrayed for the G-7 -- The incident at Naples -- Coda: Pondering Italy. |
| Summary |
Born in Australia, Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take up a job with the United Nations. It was the beginning of a long love affair. Battered by World War II, Naples would remain for decades one of the most violent and impoverished places in Italy, but in its passion, vivacity, and beauty, the city still justified the loving words written about it by Goethe, Byron, and others over the centuries. Here are the best of Hazzard's writings on Naples, along with a New Yorker essay by her late husband, Francis Steegmuller. For the pair, the Naples of Pliny, Gibbon, and Auden is constantly alive to them: "The ghosts of this region are too many, and too vital, to sadden us," Hazzard writes. "Rather, they create a company, ironic and benign, to which we ourselves may ultimately hope to belong."--Publisher description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Naples (Italy) -- Description and travel.
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Naples (Italy) -- Social life and customs.
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Naples (Italy) -- Civilization.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte |
| Indexed Term |
Naples (Italy) Description and travel |
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Naples (Italy) Social life and customs |
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Naples (Italy) Civilization |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-1994.
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Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-1994.
Incident at Naples.
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| Added Title |
Incident at Naples.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hazzard, Shirley, 1931- Ancient shore. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008 9780226322018 (DLC) 2008015420 (OCoLC)220421852 |
| ISBN |
9780226111308 (electronic book) |
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022611130X (electronic book) |
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9780226322018 |
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0226322017 |
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9780226322025 |
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0226322025 |
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