Italy : the enduring culture / Jonathan White.
Italy : the enduring culture / Jonathan White.
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Publisher
New York : Leicester University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N945/83
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 346 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Italy in the Cultural Cosmorama -- 1. Cities, Dantesque and Other -- 2. Sexuality, Class and Economics: The Decameron as Originary Text -- 3. 'The Architect Achieves His Victory': Renaissance and Later Ideal Cities -- 4. 'When the Kissing Had to Stop': Eighteenth-century Venice - Apoth...
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Publisher
New York : Leicester University Press, 2001.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2001.
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Summary
Taking an interdisciplinary culturalist approach, this volume is a study of dynamic continuities as well as crises and fissures in Italian culture. It studies cultural evolution through several different ages in the formation of modern Italy.
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Italy : the enduring culture / Jonathan White.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N945/83
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74VvQjEMXL83
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvQjEMXL83
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ISBN
0826452930 :
9780718502577
0718502574
9780718502584 (pbk.)
0718502582 (pbk.)
9780826452931 :
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945
MMS ID
991014633329702626
