01911nam a2200325 i 4500 321512 InACL 20260927132436.0 260927s2006 xxu 0 eng d 9781403972392 1403972397 InACL eng rda InACL 848.609 CAS 23 Casillo, Robert author The empire of stereotypes : Germaine de Staël and the idea of Italy / Robert Casillo New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 379 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier In 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 Staël, Madame de 1766-1817 -- Appreciation -- Italy. Italy -- Civilization. National characteristics, Italian. Appreciation Civilization Italian National characteristics Italy Italian literature, history and criticism 632934 632934 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-27 0 848.609 CAS 321512 2026-09-27 13:24:36 2026-09-27 BK