City and Nation in the Italian Unification The National Festivals of Dante Alighieri |
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| Author:
| Yousefzadeh, Mahnaz |
| Series title: | Italian and Italian American Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-283-09678-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $95.00 |
Book Description:
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This book investigates the first national festival of modern Italy, the Sixth Centenary Festival of Dante Alighieri in 1865. The study consists of an historical reconstruction of the event based on the discovery of un-catalogued and unpublished documents left by the organizers. The narrative poses the Centenary as a platform upon which an alternative definition of Italian national identity emerged, one based on a""history of Florentine Cultural nationalism that opposed the...
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This book investigates the first national festival of modern Italy, the Sixth Centenary Festival of Dante Alighieri in 1865. The study consists of an historical reconstruction of the event based on the discovery of un-catalogued and unpublished documents left by the organizers. The narrative poses the Centenary as a platform upon which an alternative definition of Italian national identity emerged, one based on a""history of Florentine Cultural nationalism that opposed the Piedmontese territorial nationalism. "