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Sicily : island of myths / Giuseppe Quatriglio ; translated by Florence Russo and Gaetano Cipolla. [electronic resource]

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Quatriglio, Giuseppe.
Contributor:
Russo, Florence, 1966-
Cipolla, Gaetano, 1937-
Series:
Sicilian studies ; v. 20.
Sicilian studies ; v. 20
Standardized Title:
Isola dei miti. English
Language:
English
Italian
Subjects (All):
Sicily (Italy)--Social life and customs.
Sicily (Italy).
Sicily (Italy)--Biography.
Legends--Italy--Sicily.
Legends.
Popular culture--Italy--Sicily.
Popular culture.
Sicily (Italy)--History, Local.
Historic sites--Italy--Sicily.
Historic sites.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (112 p. ) ill. ;
Place of Publication:
Mineola, N.Y. : Legas, c2011.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
Palermo in the age of the Florios
The queen of Palermo
Wagner and the Hotel delle Palme
Palermo's mountain
Frederick II's falcons
The Zisa and the devils
Roger II in Vienna
Charles V in Sicily
Cagliostro, Palermitan, and cosmopolitan
A magician in Cefalù
The irony of the Catanesi
The allure of Etna
The eco of Bellini's melodies
A refuge for Giovanni Verga
The legend of "Nick the Fish"
The Marsala adventure
Ulysses in Sicily
The Trinacria in England
The vacation island
In Pirandello's homes
A hotel symbol
Sciascia : a destiny.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
ISBN:
1-4619-0511-7

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