Dickens and the Italians in 'Pictures from Italy' /
This work explores Dickens's perception of Italy as it appears in the travel book Pictures from Italy. Corpus methodologies, alongside the notion of intersectionality, display the writers multifaceted interpretation of the Italians and his efforts to highlight their multidimensionality and hete...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2020]
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| Series: | Palgrave pivot.
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| Summary: | This work explores Dickens's perception of Italy as it appears in the travel book Pictures from Italy. Corpus methodologies, alongside the notion of intersectionality, display the writers multifaceted interpretation of the Italians and his efforts to highlight their multidimensionality and heterogeneity. The book debates that Pictures from Italy departs from conventions. It investigates the function of travel in the construction of Italian identity and discusses Dickens's relationship with Italy. Corpus linguistics methodologies analyze the language of the book and shed new light on the relationship between body language and culture. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 110 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783030474287 3030474283 |