Title The rhetoric of violence and sacrifice in fascist Italy : Mussolini, Gadda, Vittorini / Chiara Ferrari

Published Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, [2013] Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013 ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations Series Toronto Italian Studies Toronto Italian studies. Contents 1. Discursive ritual and sacrificial presentation: the rhetoric of crisis and resolution in Fascist Italy -- 2. Sacrificial turns and their rhetorical echoes -- 3. Gadda's sacrificial topographies -- 4. The redemption of Vittorini's New Man Summary In this book, Chiara Ferrari interrogates how the rhetoric of sacrifice was used by the Italian fascist regime throughout the interwar years to support its totalitarian project and its vision of an all-encompassing bond between the people and the state Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index Notes Includes some text in Italian, followed by the English translation Subject Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 -- Oratory Gadda, Carlo Emilio, 1893-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation Vittorini, Elio, 1908-1966 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Gadda, Carlo Emilio, 1893-1973 fast Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 fast Vittorini, Elio, 1908-1966 fast Mussolini, Benito 1883-1945 gnd Gadda, Carlo Emilio 1893-1973 gnd Vittorini, Elio 1908-1966 gnd Subject Sacrifice in literature. Sacrifice -- Political aspects -- Italy Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- Italy Fascism and literature -- Italy Italian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian. HISTORY -- Europe -- Italy. Fascism and literature Italian literature Oratory Rhetoric -- Political aspects Sacrifice in literature Gewalt Faschismus Offer i litteraturen. Offer -- politiska aspekter. Retorik -- politiska aspekter. Fascism och litteratur. Italiensk litteratur -- historia. Italy Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442663336 1442663332

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