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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451137303321

Autore

Casillo Robert

Titolo

The empire of stereotypes [[electronic resource] ] : Germaine de StaeĢˆl and the idea of Italy / / Robert Casillo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36983-7

9786611369835

1-4039-8321-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (390 p.)

Collana

Italian and Italian American studies

Disciplina

848/.609

Soggetti

National characteristics, Italian

Electronic books.

Italy Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

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.