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UNINA9910784157803321 |
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Autore |
Casillo Robert |
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Titolo |
The empire of stereotypes : Germaine de Staël and the idea of Italy / / Robert Casillo |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36983-7 |
9786611369835 |
1-4039-8321-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2006.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (390 pages) |
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Collana |
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Italian and Italian American studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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National characteristics, Italian |
Italy Civilization |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Decline and Discovery""; ""2 The Debate over Italy""; ""3 The Empire of Stereotypes""; ""4 Italy as Other: The Carnival and the Swamp""; ""5 Children of Vulcan""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book places Germaine de Stael's influential novel, Corrine, or Italy (1807) in relation to preceding and subsequent stereotypes of Italy as seen in the works of Northern European and American travel writers since the Renaissance. |
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