Modern and Post-Modern Rome in Irish Travel Writing

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_305
dc.title	Modern and Post-Modern Rome in Irish Travel Writing. An Overview
dc.contributor.author	Badin Donatella
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/english-literature/2016/1numero-monografico/modern-and-post-modern-rome-in-irish-travel-writin/
dc.description.abstract	Rome, after being an inescapable stopover on the European Grand Tour for centuries, has changed its iconic physiognomy attracting a different public and awakening different emotions. Irish travellers of the past had visited Rome mostly because of its classical associations and religious significance. The palimpsest of antiquity and modernity that Rome is nowadays, instead, offers a glittering surface of globalisation reminiscent of the Celtic Tiger to modern Irish visitors such as Elizabeth Bowen, Colm Tóibín, Sean and Julia O’Faolain. Yet, all four writers in their search for a fixed point that might allow them to grasp the contemporary essence of the city also preserve some remnants of an earlier, colonial approach.
dc.relation.ispartof	English Literature
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 3 \| December 2016
dc.issued	2016-12-23
dc.dateAccepted	2016-08-05
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2420-823X
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2420-823X/EL-3-16-2
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Bowen
dc.subject	Bowen
dc.subject	Irish literature
dc.subject	Irish literature
dc.subject	O’Faolain
dc.subject	O’Faolain
dc.subject	Rome
dc.subject	Rome
dc.subject	Tóibín
dc.subject	Tóibín

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An Overview

Donatella Badin Università di Torino, Italia

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abstract

Rome, after being an inescapable stopover on the European Grand Tour for centuries, has changed its iconic physiognomy attracting a different public and awakening different emotions. Irish travellers of the past had visited Rome mostly because of its classical associations and religious significance. The palimpsest of antiquity and modernity that Rome is nowadays, instead, offers a glittering surface of globalisation reminiscent of the Celtic Tiger to modern Irish visitors such as Elizabeth Bowen, Colm Tóibín, Sean and Julia O’Faolain. Yet, all four writers in their search for a fixed point that might allow them to grasp the contemporary essence of the city also preserve some remnants of an earlier, colonial approach.

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Dec. 23, 2016

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Aug. 5, 2016

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Keywords: Bowen • Irish literature • Rome • Tóibín • O’Faolain

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