UID:
almahu_9948664282202882
Format:
1 online resource (278 p.)
Edition:
1st, New ed.
ISBN:
9783653015287
Content:
Can the unprecedented rise of the historical genre in Italy after 1980 be explained out of the «Umberto Eco effect» alone, as many critics believe? Why are so many Italians nowadays inclined to believe in their Celtic origins? How many middle Ages were there and do we actually live in a high-tech version of them? Has Italy ever been unified? This book discusses the ongoing literary quest for new collective identities in the present-day Italian nation challenged by European integration, globalisation and the burgeoning regionalism, and shows the intricate routes of historical revision on which contemporary Italian fiction embarks.
Note:
Doctoral Thesis
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Contents: Contemporary historical novel – Literary constructions of collective identities – Epoch-specific topoi of collective memory in Italy – Italian national history – Postcolonial historical revision – Cultural effects of globalisation and European Unification in Italy – North Italian regionalisms – Roman legacy – Present-day medievalism – Renaissance – Seicento – Risorgimento.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783631623619
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3726/978-3-653-01528-7
URL:
https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/15849?format=EPDF
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