Italian in Modernity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

Italy has been imagined and re-imagined by Western civilization from the latter part of the Renaissance to the present day. The Italian in Modernity provides a comprehensive overview of this conceptualization, in a volume that promises to become the leading introduction to current research in the field.In this study, Robert Casillo and John Paul Russo look at both Italy and Italian America to explore the paradoxical representation of Italy as the originator of modernity that has resisted many modern tendencies. Covering topics that include travel writing, gender, modernization and Italian decline, national character and stereotypes, immigration, and film, Casillo and Russo discuss writers and artists as diverse as Stendhal, Stäel, Burckhardt, Puccini, D'Annunzio, Santayana, Hemingway, and Coppola. Masterfully linking multidisciplinary sources along a broad historical continuum, The Italian in Modernity is essential to anyone interested in Italian culture and the links between Italy and the United States.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-08-17
Mått:162 x 238 x 50 mm
Vikt:1 340 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Toronto Italian Studies
Antal sidor:880
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781442641501

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Robert Casillo is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Miami.John Paul Russo is a professor in the Departments of English and Classics at the University of Miami.

Recensioner i media

‘Russo and Casillo’s volume is stimulating for all those interested in the Italian’s role in the history of idea’s; for the student (or scholar) of Italian culture and national identity, it is an indispensable resource. Broad in scope, rich in detail, and truly multidisciplinary in method, The Italian in Modernity offers rich reflections for all.’ - Amy Chambless (Journal of Modern Italian Studies vol 18:01:2013) ‘The Italian in Modernity is an ambitious, wide-ranging and theoretically sophisticated collection of essays in the University of Toronto’s Italian Studies series…These are fine and provocative essays.’ - Stanislao G. Pugliese (Annali d'italianistica vol 31: 2013)

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Stendhal and Italy Is Italy Civilized? After the Grand Tour: Leisure, Tourism, and their Discontents The Unbroken Charm: New Englanders in Italy Isle of the Dead From Italophilia to Italophobia in the Gilded Age Puccini's American Theme "To Die Is Not Enough!" Hemingway and D'Annunzio The Hidden Godfather: Plenitude and Absence in Coppola's Trilogy The Representation of Italian Americans in American Cinema: From the Silent Film to The GodfatherIndex