HUM 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Percy Florence Shelley, Trevi Fountain
18 Mar 2019
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Rome in the 18th and 19th centuries: through the eyes of europeans. Johann wolfgang von goethe, italian journey (1816), more selections. Lord byron, childe harold"s pilgrimage, canto iv (1812-16), selections. Oscar wilde, selected poems (1880s-1900): "rome unvisited"; "burden of itys" This week"s readings straddle the 18th and 19th centuries (goethe"s visits to rome took place in the 1780s, though his italian journey wasn"t published until 1816). We"ll continue to view rome through the eyes of european visitors, including some of england and ireland"s most famous literary figures. We"ll begin class next week talking more about goethe, and we"ll prepare for that discussion by reading a few short selections from his second visit to rome. I"ve listed below the sections you are to read. Note: you"ll be reading some more poetry this week, and you may need to give yourself more time to read these poems (especially byron"s) than you do the prose works.
