From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana : a brief history of Italian studies at Columbia University /
Faedda, Barbara,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-89).
The dawn of Italian studies at Columbia University : Lorenzo da Ponte, Mozart's librettist and adventurous exile in New York (1825-1838) -- After Da Ponte, the arrival of patriot and refugee Eleuterio Felix Foresti (1838-1911) -- The Casa Italiana : the realization of an ambitious dream (1920s) -- Prezzolini, controversial Casa director, and World War II (1930s and 1940s) -- Appendix A: From Lorenzo da Ponte to Charles V. Paterno : Libri Italiani at Columbia University / Meredith Levin -- Appendix B: The anatomy of the Casa Italiana's façade / Francesco Benelli -- Appendix C: The Casa Italiana educational bureau : a research "fact-finding institution" on the Italian-American community / Javier Grossutti.
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
Foresti, E. Felix (Eleutario Felix), 1789-1858.
Prezzolini, Giuseppe, 1882-1982.
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
Prezzolini, Giuseppe, 1882-1982.
Columbia University. Casa italiana
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