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City and Nation in the Italian Unification : The National Festivals of Dante Alighieri /

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of the first national festival of modern Italy historically reconstructs the event, using a mass of un-catalogued and unpublished documents left by the organizers, which positions the Centenary as a platform upon which an alternative definition of Italian national identity emerged.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yousefzadeh, Mahnaz (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Italian and Italian American studies.
Subjects:
History.
European History.
European Literature.
Literature, general.
Modern History.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Social History.
European literature.
History, Modern.
Literature, Modern > 19th century.
Literature.
Social history.
Europe > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary: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of the first national festival of modern Italy historically reconstructs the event, using a mass of un-catalogued and unpublished documents left by the organizers, which positions the Centenary as a platform upon which an alternative definition of Italian national identity emerged.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (266 pages)
ISBN:9780230118720
DOI:10.1057/9780230118720