The Italian in modernity / Robert Casillo and John Paul Russo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casillo, Robert.

Contributor:

Russo, John Paul.

Series:

Toronto Italian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italy--Civilization.

Italy.

Civilization.

National characteristics, Italian.

Italy--In literature.

Italian Americans.

Italian Americans in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xxx, 861 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2011.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part 1 Is Italy Civilized? 3

Part 2 Leisure, Tourism, and Their Discontents / Robert Casillo Casillo, Robert 116

2 The Unbroken Charm: New Englanders in Italy / John Paul Russo Russo, John Paul 182

3 Isle of the Dead / John Paul Russo Russo, John Paul 251

4 From Italophilia to Italophobia: Italian Americans in the Gilded Age / John Paul Russo Russo, John Paul 329

5 Puccini's American Theme / John Paul Russo Russo, John Paul 361

6 'To Die Is Not Enough!': Hemingway and D'Annunzio / John Paul Russo Russo, John Paul 393

7 The Hidden Godfather: Plenitude and Absence in Coppola's Trilogy / John Paul Russo Russo, John Paul 434

8 The Representation of Italian Americans in American Cinema: From the Silent Film to The Godfather / Robert Casillo Casillo, Robert 493.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442641501

1442641509

OCLC:

696908647