Architecture and the novel under the Italian fascist regime / Francesca Billiani, Laura Pennacchietti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Billiani, Francesca, author.

Pennacchietti, Laura, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Italian fiction.

Architecture--Italy--History--21st century.

Architecture.

History.

Italy--Politics and government--1914-1945.

Italy.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 229 pages : illustrations (black and white, and color) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Summary:

Architecture and the Novel under the Italian Fascist Regime' discusses the relationship between the novel and architecture during the Fascist period in Italy (1922-1943). By looking at two profoundly diverse aesthetic phenomena within the context of the creation of a Fascist State art, Billiani and Pennacchietti argue that an effort of construction, or reconstruction, was the main driving force behind both projects: the advocated ?revolution? of the novel form (realism) and that of architecture (rationalism). The book is divided into seven chapters, which in turn analyze the interconnections between the novel and architecture in theory and in practice. The first six chapters cover debates on State art, on the novel and on architecture, as well as their historical development and their unfolding in key journals of the period. The last chapter offers a detailed analysis of some important novels and buildings, which have in practice realized some of the key principles articulated in the theoretical disputes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9783030194277

3030194272

OCLC:

1120064360