Romantic Visions of Florence (and Italy) in Literature and Cinema

The British Community and the Grand Tour

A Room with a View by E.M Foster (1908) and by James Ivory (movie, 1985)

The American Community

The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (1984) and by Jane Campion (movie, 1996)

Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Meyes (1993) and by Audrey Welles (movie, 2003)

Certified Copy by Abbas Kiarostamui (2010)

Roman Holiday by William Wyler (1993)

Eat, Pray, Love by Elisabeth Gilbert (2010) and by Ryan Murphy (movie, 2010)

To Rome with Love by Woody Allen (2012)