The experience of exile described by Italian writers : from Cicero through Dante and Machiavelli down to Carlo Levi / David Marsh ; with a foreword by Fabrizio Ricciardelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marsh, David, 1950 September 25- author.

Contributor:

Ricciardelli, Fabrizio, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian literature--History and criticism.

Italian literature.

Exile (Punishment) in literature.

Latin literature--History and criticism.

Latin literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, New York ; Lampeter, Wales : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book identifies the historical and social context of the experience of exile and the degree to which the condition of being exiled influenced literary production of those forced to undergo it.A fascinating study examining how the legal governmental policy of ""exile"" can act as a catalyst in the transformation of the person 'exiled' from martyr to hero and how the exile process becomes the social -historical instrument that inspires the creative writing of great Italian masterpieces in poetry, rhetoric and philosophy.

Contents:

The Experience of Exile Described by Italian Writers: From Cicero through Dante and Machiavelli Down to Carlo Levi; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Antiquity; Chapter 2 - Cicero; Chapter 3 - Ovid; Chapter 4 - Seneca; Chapter 5 - Dante; Chapter 6 - Leon Battista Alberti; Chapter 7 - Francesco Filelfo; Chapter 8 - Machiavelli; Chapter 9 - Ugo Foscolo; Chapter 10 - Carlo Levi; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index.

ISBN:

0-7734-4582-X