The Ultimate Italian: Dante and a Nation's Identity

ISBN-13: 9781032390895 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 232 str.

Fulvio Conti

Opis

This book shows how Dante Alighieri has been represented in the Italian collective imagination from the late eighteenth century to the present day.

Spis treści

Introduction. 1. The romantics’ Dante. 2. The 1865 centenary celebrations. 3. «Dantemania» in the age of liberalism. 4 Fascist Italy’s Dantean cult. 5. From Italian symbol to global icon. Bibliography. Index.

O autorze

Fulvio Conti is Full Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Florence.