02548nam 2200637Ia 450 991045113730332120200520144314.01-281-36983-797866113698351-4039-8321-610.1057/9781403983213(CKB)1000000000342585(EBL)308218(OCoLC)567962628(SSID)ssj0000279052(PQKBManifestationID)11244571(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279052(PQKBWorkID)10264510(PQKB)10223670(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8321-3(MiAaPQ)EBC308218(Au-PeEL)EBL308218(CaPaEBR)ebr10150406(CaONFJC)MIL136983(EXLCZ)99100000000034258520051101d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe empire of stereotypes[electronic resource] Germaine de Staël and the idea of Italy /Robert Casillo1st ed. 2006.New York Palgrave Macmillan20061 online resource (390 p.)Italian and Italian American studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-349-53368-8 1-4039-7239-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""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.Italian and Italian American studies.National characteristics, ItalianItalyCivilizationElectronic books.National characteristics, Italian.848/.609Casillo Robert920721MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451137303321The empire of stereotypes2238612UNINA