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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969784903321

Autore

Casillo Robert

Titolo

The Empire of Stereotypes : Germaine de Staƫl and the Idea of Italy / / by R. Casillo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006

ISBN

9786611369835

9781281369833

1281369837

9781403983213

1403983216

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (390 pages)

Collana

Italian and Italian American Studies, , 2635-294X

Disciplina

848/.609

Soggetti

Literature, Modern - 19th century

European literature

Italy - History

Nineteenth-Century Literature

European Literature

History of Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

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""

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.