Author: Witt, Mary Ann Frese.
Title: The Search for Modern Tragedy: Aesthetic Fascism in Italy and France.
Description: Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0801438373. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xii, 260. With halftone illustrations; notes, index. HARDCOVER, black cloth, spine lettered in silver, with dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. Fascism, in the minds of many of its supporters, was an aesthetic or spiritual movement. This book explores the work of a group of a European writers and artists who came to fascism by way of aesthetics. It is not concerned with drama written as a means of conveying propaganda, but with the influence of aesthetic fascism on the theory and practice of modern tragedy. P-2 .

Keywords: ART HISTORY MODERN CULTURE POLITICAL LITERATURE HISTORICALTHEATRE DRAMA STAGEFACSISM ITALY EUROPE NOISBN 0801438373


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