Italian cultural lineages /
Ideally suited to course use, and written with great lucidity, Italian Cultural Lineages will prove fascinating to students, academics, and general readers alike.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English French Italian |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Toronto Italian studies.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=933490 |
Table of Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Kangaroos, Papyrus Scrolls, and the Poetics of Cultural History""; ""1 Modes of Viewing: From Vasari to Film and Television Culture""; ""2 Fantasy, Science, and Hyperreality: From Ariosto and Galileo to Las Vegas""; ""3 Passion in the Operatic Repertoire""; ""4 Capital Contrasts: Naples and Turin a Century before Unification""; ""5 Justice and the Individual, Torture and the State""; ""6 Italy�s Romantic Reputation""; ""7 Lifestyles High and Low in Changing Post-Unification Urbanism""; ""Notes""