Romantic Europe and the ghost of Italy / Joseph Luzzi.
Romantic Europe and the ghost of Italy / Joseph Luzzi.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N809.894/10
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
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 th...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"In this groundbreaking study, unique in English, Joseph Luzzi 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."
"The themes of the book include the emergence of Italy as the "world's university" (Goethe) and "mother of arts" (Byron), the influence of Dante's Commedia on Romantic autobiography, and the representation of the Italian body politic as a woman at home and abroad. Luzzi also provides a critical reevaluation of the three crowns of Italian Romantic l...
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Romantic Europe and the ghost of Italy / Joseph Luzzi.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N809.894/10
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ISBN
9780300123555 (cloth : alk. paper)
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809.894
MMS ID
991001185939702626
