Politics and sentiments in Risorgimento Italy : melodrama and the nation / Carlotta Sorba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sorba, Carlotta, 1959- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

Italian and Italian American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and culture--Italy--History--19th century.

Politics and culture.

Arts, Italian--19th century.

Arts, Italian.

Melodrama--Political aspects--Italy.

Melodrama.

Melodrama, Italian--History and criticism.

Melodrama, Italian.

Sentimentalism--Political aspects--Italy--History--19th century.

Sentimentalism.

Italy--History--1815-1870.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]

Contents:

Introduction: Emotions, Politics, Entertainment: A Nineteenth-Century Transnational Plot

Emotions for Everyone: New Entertainment Spaces In Europe

A Theatrical Genre for Post-Revolutionary Society

Between Mélodrame and Melodramatic Imagination

Melodrama Italian-Style: In Search of an Audience Between Fiction and Politics

The Melodramatic Narration of Oppressed Italy

Not Just Words: Emotional Bodies in the "Long 1848"

Politics and the Language of Sentiment.

Notes:

"Based on a translation from the Italian language edition: Il melodramma della nazione. Politica e sentimenti nell'Italia del Risorgimento, by Laterza, Roma-Bari 2015. Translated by Clelia Boscolo"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Related Work:

Adaptation of: Sorba, Carlotta, 1959- Melodramma della nazione.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9783030697327

3030697320

Publisher Number:

99994819151

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Restricted for use by site license.