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Suggested Reading about Rome and Italy

Literary Works
  • Debenedetti, Giacomo, trans. E. Gilson. October 16, 1943: Eight Jews.
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Italian Journey (1786-1788).
  • Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti. Italian Days.
  • Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Marble Faun.
  • Hoffman, Paul. The Seasons of Rome: A Journal.
  • James, Henry. Italian Hours. "Daisy Miller."
  • Lawrence, D. H. Etruscan Places.
  • McCarthy, Mary. The Stones of Florence.
  • Parks, Tim. A Season in Verona and Italian Neighbors.
  • Pasolini, Pier Paolo. Roman Nights.
  • Shelley, Mary. Valperga: The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca and The Last Man.
  • Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Cenci.
  • Twain, Mark. Innocents Abroad.
  • Wharton, Edith. Roman Fever and Italian Villas and their Gardens.
  • Yourcenar, Marguerite. Memoirs of Hadrian.

Films
  • Bertolucci, Beseige
  • Felini. La Dolce Vita and Roma
  • Pasolini. Mamma Roma
  • Wyler, Roman Holiday, Mediterraneo, Cinema Paradiso, The Bicycle Thief, Non Ho Paura (I’m Not Scared), Traveling Companion