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008			260927s2006 xxu 0 eng d
020			_a9781403972392
020			_a1403972397
040			_aInACL _beng _erda _cInACL
082	0	4	_a848.609 _bCAS _223
100	1		_aCasillo, Robert _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe empire of stereotypes : _bGermaine de Staël and the idea of Italy / _cRobert Casillo
264		1	_aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2006
300			_a379 pages
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_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
650		0	_aStaël, Madame de 1766-1817 -- Appreciation -- Italy.
650		0	_aItaly -- Civilization.
650		0	_aNational characteristics, Italian.
650		0	_aAppreciation
650		0	_aCivilization
650		0	_aItalian National characteristics
650		0	_aItaly
650		0	_aItalian literature, history and criticism
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