Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004388958
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
This book assesses the pivotal role played by the concept of beauty in Italian literature and language in the construction of the Italian national identity.
The Idea of Beauty in Italian Literature and Language
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004388958
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
This book assesses the pivotal role played by the concept of beauty in Italian literature and language in the construction of the Italian national identity.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004388958
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
This book assesses the pivotal role played by the concept of beauty in Italian literature and language in the construction of the Italian national identity.
Bellissima
Author: Stephen Gundle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300176803
Category : Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Feminine beauty has been more associated with national cultural identity in Italy than in any other country. From the time of Dante and Petrarch, ideals of beauty have informed artists' work. This intriguing and gloriously illustrated book investigates the many debates this topic has provoked in modern Italy. Radicals and monarchists, Catholics, Fascists, and Communists have all championed specific ideas about female beauty. First theater and the press, then, later, cinema and television inherited from literature and art the task of articulating ideals. Gundle examines Fascism's failure to mold the ideal modern Italian woman, the rise of beauty pageants after World War Two, the professional and public roles of television actresses, the election of the first non-white Miss Italy in 1996, and the careers and images of beautiful women who have been seen to embody the country--Queen Margherita of Savoy, the opera singer Lina Cavalieri, and movie icons Gina Lollobrigida, Claudia Cardinale, Monica Bellucci, and Sophia Loren, who remains the living symbol of Italy and one of the most beautiful women in the world.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300176803
Category : Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Feminine beauty has been more associated with national cultural identity in Italy than in any other country. From the time of Dante and Petrarch, ideals of beauty have informed artists' work. This intriguing and gloriously illustrated book investigates the many debates this topic has provoked in modern Italy. Radicals and monarchists, Catholics, Fascists, and Communists have all championed specific ideas about female beauty. First theater and the press, then, later, cinema and television inherited from literature and art the task of articulating ideals. Gundle examines Fascism's failure to mold the ideal modern Italian woman, the rise of beauty pageants after World War Two, the professional and public roles of television actresses, the election of the first non-white Miss Italy in 1996, and the careers and images of beautiful women who have been seen to embody the country--Queen Margherita of Savoy, the opera singer Lina Cavalieri, and movie icons Gina Lollobrigida, Claudia Cardinale, Monica Bellucci, and Sophia Loren, who remains the living symbol of Italy and one of the most beautiful women in the world.
The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141985623
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
'Rich. . . eclectic. . . a feast' Telegraph This landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, from the birth of the modern nation to the end of the twentieth century. Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society, their powerful voices resonating through regional landscapes, private passions and dramatic political events. This wide-ranging selection curated by Jhumpa Lahiri includes well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello alongside many captivating new discoveries. More than a third of the stories featured in this volume have been translated into English for the first time, several of them by Lahiri herself.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141985623
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
'Rich. . . eclectic. . . a feast' Telegraph This landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, from the birth of the modern nation to the end of the twentieth century. Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society, their powerful voices resonating through regional landscapes, private passions and dramatic political events. This wide-ranging selection curated by Jhumpa Lahiri includes well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello alongside many captivating new discoveries. More than a third of the stories featured in this volume have been translated into English for the first time, several of them by Lahiri herself.
A history of Italian literature
Author: Richard Garnett
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368926349
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368926349
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
The Essence of Aesthetic
Author: Benedetto Croce
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
"The Essence of Aesthetic" is a lecture by the Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce prepared for the inauguration of the Rice Institute. In his works, he placed great importance on art, beauty, intuition, and imagination. This short work includes a number of his key ideas, like what aesthetic is, the essence of art, its role in spirit and humanity, criticism, and the history of art.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
"The Essence of Aesthetic" is a lecture by the Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce prepared for the inauguration of the Rice Institute. In his works, he placed great importance on art, beauty, intuition, and imagination. This short work includes a number of his key ideas, like what aesthetic is, the essence of art, its role in spirit and humanity, criticism, and the history of art.
Renaissance in Italy
Author: John Addington Symonds
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
PHILOLOGY, CONCEPTS OF EUROPEAN LITERATURE
Author: Andreas Sofroniou
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291491481
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291491481
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
The Renaissance
Author: Walter Pater
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Renaissance
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Renaissance
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Story of Italian Literature
Author: Edmund G. Gardner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Italian Literature
Author: Peter Brand
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521666220
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Italy possesses one of the richest and most influential literatures of Europe, stretching back to the thirteenth century. This substantial history of Italian literature provides a comprehensive survey of Italian writing since its earliest origins. Leading scholars describe and assess the work of writers who have contributed to the Italian literary tradition, including Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, the Renaissance humanists, Machiavelli, Ariosto and Tasso, pioneers and practitioners of commedia dell'arte and opera, and the contemporary novelists Calvino and Eco. The Cambridge History of Italian Literature sets out to be accessible to the general reader as well as to students and scholars: translations are provided, along with a map, chronological chart and substantial bibliographies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521666220
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Italy possesses one of the richest and most influential literatures of Europe, stretching back to the thirteenth century. This substantial history of Italian literature provides a comprehensive survey of Italian writing since its earliest origins. Leading scholars describe and assess the work of writers who have contributed to the Italian literary tradition, including Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, the Renaissance humanists, Machiavelli, Ariosto and Tasso, pioneers and practitioners of commedia dell'arte and opera, and the contemporary novelists Calvino and Eco. The Cambridge History of Italian Literature sets out to be accessible to the general reader as well as to students and scholars: translations are provided, along with a map, chronological chart and substantial bibliographies.