City and Nation in the Italian Unification [electronic resource] : The National Festivals of Dante Alighieri /
Yousefzadeh, Mahnaz.author.
This study of the first national festival of modern Italy historically reconstructs the event, using a mass of un-catalogued and unpublished documents left by the organizers, which positions the Centenary as a platform upon which an alternative definition of Italian national identity emerged.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Dante Centenary and the Centenary's Dante; 2 The City Organizes the Nation: The Structures of the Centenary; 3 "Carnevalino" or "Cold Official Discourse": The Program of the Festa; 4 Inclusion and Exclusion: The Logic of Participation; 5 The New Civic Vanguards: The Press and Public Opinion; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This study of the first national festival of modern Italy historically reconstructs the event, using a mass of un-catalogued and unpublished documents left by the organizers, which positions the Centenary as a platform upon which an alternative definition of Italian national identity emerged.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
History, Modern.
Literature.
European literature.
Europe—History.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Social history.
Modern History.
Literature, general.
European Literature.
European History.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Social History.