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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casillo, Robert, author.

Russo, John Paul, author.

Series:

Toronto Italian studies.

Toronto Italian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Italian.

Italy--Civilization.

Italy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (892 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Canada] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Stendhal and Italy

Is Italy civilized?

Leisure, tourism, and their discontents

The unbroken charm : New Englanders in Italy

Isle of the dead

From Italophilia to Italophobia : Italian Americans in the Gilded Age

Puccini's American theme

"To die is not enough!" Hemingway and D'Annunzio

The hidden godfather : plenitude and absence in Coppola's trilogy

The representation of Italian Americans in American cinema : from the silent film to The Godfather.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781442687073

144268707X

OCLC:

923775827