Letters to My Father (Southern Literary Studies) by William Styron & West III James L. W. & Rose Styron

Author:William Styron & West III, James, L. W. & Rose Styron [Styron, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2009-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

8 / October 1952–October 1953

ROME AND RAVELLO

Styron traveled from Paris to Rome in early October 1952 and took up residence at the American Academy, situated on the Janiculum, the highest hill in the city. Not long after he arrived, he renewed his acquaintance with Rose Burgunder, whom he had met the previous fall at Johns Hopkins University.

93. ROME

October 27, 1952

c/o American Academy in Rome

Porta San Pancrazio, Rome

Dear Pop,

Thanks for the piece by Mr. Jebb, which I liked, and for your earlier letter.1 The reason I haven’t written more promptly is because I’ve just recently finished a week’s trip by car—along with some other members of the Academy—to Florence, Siena, Ravenna, Urbino and Assisi. It was an excellent trip, lasting about a week, and thoroughly illuminating because my companions were all either painters or, better yet, art historians who gave me first-hand scholarship and information about the Art (with a capital A) we were seeing. I think, Art-wise, I was most impressed by the Medici tombs in Florence and by the Ravenna mosaics, which date from the middle of the Dark Ages and shine today in all their glory. As far as towns go I think I was particularly struck by Urbino, which is pitched on the top of a mountain and is filled with winding, steep streets and the nicest people in all of Italy. Assisi, on the other hand, is a tourist trap, filled with knick-knacks and holy pilgrims from places like Munich and Brussels.

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