Rhetoric of Violence and Sacrifice in Fascist Italy
Subtitle: Mussolini, Gadda, Vittorini
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781442613935
Subjects: Mussolini, benito, 1883-1945; Vittorini, elio, 1908-1966; Sacrifice; Rhetoric; Fascism and literature; Italian literature, history and criticism
Description: In this book, Chiara Ferrari interrogates how the rhetoric of sacrifice was used by the Italian fascist regime throughout the interwar years to support its totalitarian project and its vision of an all-encompassing bond between the people and the state.