01883nam a2200313 i 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030020001800071020001500089040002700104082002100131100002800152245009300180264004200273300001400315336002600329337002800355338002700383520090700410650005901317650002701376650003901403650001701442650001701459650003701476650001001513650004601523321512InACL20260927132436.0260927s2006    xxu               0 eng d  a9781403972392  a1403972397  aInACLbengerdacInACL04a848.609bCAS2231 aCasillo, Roberteauthor14aThe empire of stereotypes :bGermaine de Staël and the idea of Italy /cRobert Casillo 1aNew York :bPalgrave Macmillan,c2006  a379 pages  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIn Corinne, or Italy, as in On Literature, Germaine de Staël not only draws from the tradition of Northern European stereotypes of Italy and the Italians, but transmits their influence to nineteenth-century writers and artists. These ambiguous and typically negative representations, which are examined historically in the works of travel writers over nearly three centuries, are shown to be in many instances more than simply subjective constructs, but rather the partial consequence of the decline of Italy from the later seventeenth century up to the Risorgimento. Their deeper implications are considered in relation to prior studies of the Italian national character by Leopardi, Barzini, Bollati, Sciolla, and Tullio-Altan, Burke's 'Historical anthropology of modern Italy, ' Norbert Elias's formulation of the 'civilizing process, ' and various theories of alterity and violence, including tho 0aStaël, Madame de 1766-1817 -- Appreciation -- Italy. 0aItaly -- Civilization. 0aNational characteristics, Italian. 0aAppreciation 0aCivilization 0aItalian National characteristics 0aItaly 0aItalian literature, history and criticism