Pompeii's Ashes by Moormann, Eric -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Preface Table of Contents Introduction

Previous Studies

What Happened Before 1738 Discoveries in the Early Eighteenth Century A New King Has His Own Ambitions The Bourbon Exploration of Herculaneum The Bourbon Explorations at Pompeii and Stabiae The Museum at Portici Publications in Eighteenth-Century Naples Publications in Learned Circles in Europe The Years 1800-1860 Monographs and Guide Books for the Learned and General Public in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century The Sense of Time in Early Studies on Pompeii The City Walls of Pompeii Why Disregard Time? Pompeii’s Greek Mask Giuseppe Fiorelli’s Revolution in Research and Administration The Early Twentieth Century The Era of Amedeo Maiuri The Last Fifty Years: Consolidation of the Monuments and Intensification of Research Conclusion: From Tunnels to Trenches

II Travelers to the Vesuvian Cities

Introduction: Grand-Tourists Going South Foreign Impressions of Campania Herculaneum in Eighteenth-Century Accounts The Museum at Portici Pompeii in the Eighteenth Century Pompeii, “that paradise of emptiness,” as seen from the Nineteenth Century Herculaneum in the Nineteenth Century Sex, Debauchery, and Superstition Three Generations of Goethes at Herculaneum and Pompeii The Twentieth Century Conclusion

III Pagan Pompeii in Fiction

Medieval and Renaissance Predecessors The Pompeians in the Novels “Greekness” in Fiction Skeletons Get a Second Life The Sentinel of the Herculanean Gate Antiquarian and Timeless Pompeii Novels Murder and Crime Masterpieces of Art in Pompeii Love, Wealth and Isis Conclusions

IV Jews and Christians in Pompeii Novels

Christians in Pompeii before Bulwer-Lytton Intermezzo: Briullov’s Pompeii Bulwer-Lytton’s Last Days of Pompeii Bulwer-Lytton’s Fortune Jews and Christians in Pompeii before 79? Jews and Christians at Pompeii after Bulwer-Lytton Religious Sunrise at Pompeii Twentieth Century Fiction on Christians Christiani ad bestias Conclusion

V Modern and Contemporary Visits to Pompeii in Fiction: A Perilous Affair

How Ruins Can Change Your Mind Grasping the Past? Art Works of the Past and the Present Amoral or Immoral Behavior in the Villa of the Mysteries Politics, Crime and Murder in Pompeii Children as Archaeologists in Herculaneum and Pompeii Pompeii as Symbol of War and Destruction Guiding and Being Guided in Pompeii Guides in Literary Fiction Conclusion

VI Time Traveling to Ancient Pompeii

Chatting on Mamia’s Bench Love for Deceased Girls A Siren or an Opera Singer? An American Student Turns into a Pompeian Slave Girl Back to the Future Conclusion

VII Real and Fictional Manuscripts from Pompeii and Herculaneum

Fictional Manuscripts from Antiquity Novels from Greece Giants Destroy Herculaneum Herculanean Manuscripts and the Third Life of the Villa of the Papyri Manuscripts from Pompeii Modern Mock Manuscripts in the Guise of Ancient Papyri Manuscripts not Found at All? Conclusion

VIII Pompeii on Stage and Screen

Operatic Stirrings in The Bay of Naples Operas Inspired by Bulwer-Lytton’s Last Days Ancient and Modern Pompeii Join Forces Glaucus, Ione, and Nydia on Stage Pompeii in the Background Pompeii in Mass Media Pompeii on Screen Tourists Roam Pompeii on Radio Modern Classics: Pink Floyd and Other Pop Songs Conclusion

IX Herculaneum Under Vesuvius

The Fiery Mountain of Vesuvius Poetic Evocations of Herculaneum Twentieth century poems Conclusion

X Intimations of Pompeii: By Way of Envoy

What Does This Book Tell Us? Some Numbers Customizing Pompeii and Herculaneum

Appendix: Works of fiction discussed in this book Bibliography Index of Names, Places, and Subjects