Description |
1 online resource (x, 294 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Italy's ambivalent modernity -- Genus italicum -- Did Italian romanticism exist? -- Italy without Italians: Goethe, Staël, and Foscolo -- The death of Italy and birth of European romanticism -- Heirs of a dark wood -- Dante and autobiography in the age of Voltaire -- Alfieri's Prince, Dante, and the romantic self -- Wordsworth, Dante, and British romantic identity -- Corpus italicum -- Italy as woman and wound, Dante to Leopardi -- The body of Parini -- Italy's broken heart |
Summary |
This groundbreaking study considers Italian Romanticism and the modern myth of Italy. Ranging across European and international borders, he examines the metaphors, facts, and fictions about Italy that were born in the Romantic age and continue to haunt the global literary imagination |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-284) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Italian literature -- History and criticism.
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Comparative literature -- Italian and European
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Comparative literature -- European and Italian
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European literature -- 18th century -- Italian influences
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European literature -- 19th century -- Italian influences
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian.
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Civilization
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Italian literature
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Italian literature -- Literature. -- History and criticism.
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SUBJECT |
Italy -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068886
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Subject |
Italy
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2008016715 |
ISBN |
9780300151787 |
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0300151780 |
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9786612352409 |
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661235240X |
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