The real life of the Parthenon /
Ruminates on ancient remains and antiquities, illuminating an important element of contemporary cultural life, the dynamic between loss and delight.
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Columbus :
Mad Creek Books, an imprint of the Ohio State University Press,
[2018]
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Series: | 21st century essays.
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Table of Contents:
- Partners with the past
- Beauty, bliss, and lies
- Conversations after empire
- A patina of electricity
- The traveler's dilemma
- To Persephone's Island
- Out of the shadows
- Art, archeology, and restoration at Pompeii
- Attuning one's life to theirs
- The past is always elsewhere.