| City and Nation in the Italian Unification: The National Festivals of Dante Alighieri 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Yousefzadeh, Mahnaz (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349291412 ISBN-13: 9781349291410 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Italian - History | Modern - General - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 851.1 |
| Series: Italian and Italian American Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.69 lbs) 253 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - Modern - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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of the first national festival of modern Italy historically reconstructs the event, using a mass of un-catalogued and unpublished documents left by the organizers, which positions the Centenary as a platform upon which an alternative definition of Italian national identity emerged. |