David Jones and Rome: Reimagining the Decline of Western Civilisation

by Jasmine Hunter Evans

This interdisciplinary and archival study explores the reception of ancient Rome in the artistic, literary, and philosophical works of David Jones (1895-1974)--the Anglo-Welsh, Roman Catholic, First World War veteran. For Jones, the twentieth century was a period of crisis, an age of conflict, disillusionment and cultural decay, all of which he saw as evidence of the decline of Western civilisation. Across his lifetime, Jones would create a dynamic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198868197
• ISBN13: 9780198868194
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"