| Description |
xxv, 255 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Part one. From The city in history : idea and reality -- The origins and development of cities in the Near East / James Mellaart -- Ancient Near Eastern cities : form, function and idea / Louis L. Orlin -- Summary of comments on the origins of urbanism, with discussion / John Pfeiffer -- History of the contemporary city / Norton E. Long -- Comments on history and the city / Edmund Bacon -- Continuity and change in urban form / Hans Blumenfeld -- Comments on the form of cities / Janet Abu-Lughod -- Comments on cities and the quality of life / Jacquelin Robertson -- Part two. From Literature and psychology -- Liberation and self-destruction in the creative process / Helm Stierlin -- Response, with discussion / George C. Rosenward -- Italian Virgil and the idea of Rome / Michael C.J. Putnam -- Response, with discussion / Charles Witke -- The choice of the topic in fiction : risks and rewards : a comparison of Andre Gide's The immoralist and Thomas Mann's Death in Venice / Frederick Wyatt -- Response, with discussion / Jean Cardune |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- History -- Congresses.
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Psychology and literature -- Congresses.
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Psychology in literature -- Congresses.
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| Author |
Mellaart, James.
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Orlin, Louis L. (Louis Lawrence)
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University of Michigan. Center for Co-ordination of Ancient and Modern Studies
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| LC no. |
75018943 |
| ISBN |
0915932016 |
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