Siena : City of Secrets /

Jane Tylus's Siena is a compelling and intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often overlooked by travelers to Italy. Cultural history, intellectual memoir, travelogue, and guidebook, it takes the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-traveled roads and a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tylus, Jane (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Travel / General.
comparative literature, literary, humanities, secrets, secrecy, cities, urban spaces, city, italy, italian culture, cultural studies, history, historical, memoir, travelogue, guidebook, discovery, tuscany, streets, maintenance, building, funding, university, college, education, municipal bank, paintings, art, soccer, sports, description, travel, community, money, neighborhoods, saints, religion, pilgrims.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction / City of Secrets
  • 1. Terra and Acqua
  • 2. Pilgrims
  • 3. Money
  • 4. Neighborhoods
  • 5. Saints
  • Afterwords
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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