1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780424303321

Autore

Klopp Charles

Titolo

Sentences : the memoirs and letters of Italian political prisoners from Benvenuto Cellini to Aldo Moro / / Charles Klopp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

1-282-03715-3

9786612037153

1-4426-7978-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

Toronto Italian Studies

Disciplina

850.9/9206927

Soggetti

Political prisoners' writings, Italian - History and criticism

Political prisoners - Italy - Intellectual life

Politics and literature - Italy - History

Liberty in literature

Livres numeriques.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

e-books.

Electronic books.

Italien

Italy

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Writing As Survival -- 1. Predecessors: Prison Writing before 1800 -- 2. The Spielberg: Concealment and Refutation -- 3. Bodies Politic -- 4. Authority, Desire, and Dissent: Serving the Revolution -- 5. Answering Gramsci: The Anti-Fascists -- 6. The Death of a President / The Effacement of an Author -- Conclusion: Sentences and Convictions -- Notes -- Works Consulted -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although there exist a number of studies on prison writing from



various countries, Sentences is the first comprehensive examination of autobiographical prison literature from Italy. Klopp has assembled a gallery of fascinating portraits in this chronological survey of prison writings by more than three dozen Italian political figures and intellectuals - including Cellini, Casanova, Tasso, the Martyrs of Mantua, Enrichetta Caracciolo, Gramsci - all of whom were imprisoned for their political convictions. Drawing on prison writings from periods that include the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Risorgimento, the rise of socialism and women's rights, and the years of Fascism, Sentences makes a valuable contribution to social and political history.Through clear and sensitive analysis of sample passages Klopp is able to draw insightful conclusions, pointing out the rich intertextual allusions among these diverse prison texts. This survey of writers from different centuries, who espoused very different political points of view, reveals common traits that unite these otherwise dissimilar individuals. A final chapter discussing letters composed by Aldo Moro while he was held hostage by the terrist Red Brigades in the 1970s is especially provocative because it places him within the tradition of writing by individuals imprisoned by the state.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971641703321

Autore

Farb Benson

Titolo

A primer on mapping class groups / / Benson Farb and Dan Margalit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012

ISBN

9786613227430

9781283227438

1283227436

9781400839049

1400839041

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (489 p.)

Collana

Princeton mathematical series ; ; 49

Classificazione

SK 260

Altri autori (Persone)

MargalitDan <1976->

Disciplina

512.7/4

Soggetti

Mappings (Mathematics)

Class groups (Mathematics)

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

pt. 1. Mapping class groups -- pt. 2. Teichmüller space and moduli space -- pt. 3. The classification and pseudo-Anosov theory.

Sommario/riassunto

"The study of the mapping class group Mod(S) is a classical topic that is experiencing a renaissance. It lies at the juncture of geometry, topology, and group theory. This book explains as many important theorems, examples, and techniques as possible, quickly and directly, while at the same time giving full details and keeping the text nearly self-contained. The book is suitable for graduate students.The book begins by explaining the main group-theoretical properties of Mod(S), from finite generation by Dehn twists and low-dimensional homology to the Dehn-Nielsen-Baer theorem. Along the way, central objects and tools are introduced, such as the Birman exact sequence, the complex of curves, the braid group, the symplectic representation, and the Torelli group. The book then introduces Teichm©oller space and its geometry, and uses the action of Mod(S) on it to prove the Nielsen-Thurston classification of surface homeomorphisms. Topics include the topology of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces, the connection with surface bundles, pseudo-Anosov theory, and Thurston's approach to the classification"--Provided by publisher.