Gabriele d'Annunzio
Subtitle: poet, seducer and preacher of war
By: Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Edition: First United States edition.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 589
ISBN-13: 9780307263933
Subjects: Politics and government; World War, 1914-1918; Italian Poets; Politics and literature; Political and social views; Fascism; Nationalists; Militarism; History; Biography; Territorial questions
Description: A profile of the controversial Italian poet and nationalist is set against a backdrop of Italy's transition from Romantic idealism to fascism and war and includes coverage of such topics as his contradictory literary subjects and status as a role model for Mussolini.
Notes: Published simultaneously in Canada.

"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-558) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One. Ecce Homo; title: The Pike; title: Sightings; title: Six Months; title: Part Two. Streams; title: Worship; title: Glory; title: Liebestod; title: Homeland; title: Youth; title: Nobility; title: Beauty; title: Elitism; title: Martyrdom; title: Sickness; title: The Sea; title: Decadence; title: Blood; title: Fame; title: Superman; title: Virility; title: Eloquence; title: Cruelty; title: Life; title: Drama; title: Scenes from a Life; title: Speed; title: Kaleidoscope; title: The Dogs of War; title: Part Three. War and Peace; title: War; title: Peace; title: The City of the Holocaust; title: The Fifth Season; title: Clausura.