Author: Luzzi, Joseph
Title: Romantic Europe and the Ghost of Italy
Description: New Haven, Yale University Press, 2008. Hardcover. A red hardcover book with the title in gold on the spine. Has a text-prominant matte dust jacket that is also red with black and white lettering. Pages: (iix), ix-x, 1-294. Contains nine black-and-white figures. This groundbreaking study considers Italian Romanticism and the modern myth of Italy. Ranging across European and international borders, he examines the metaphors, facts, and fictions about Italy that were born in the Romantic age and continue to haunt the global literary imagination. Contents: Italy's ambivalent modernity Genus italicum Did Italian romanticism exist? Italy without Italians: Goethe, Staël, and Foscolo The death of Italy and birth of European romanticism Heirs of a dark wood Dante and autobiography in the age of Voltaire Alfieri's Prince, Dante, and the romantic self Wordsworth, Dante, and British romantic identity Corpus italicum Italy as woman and wound, Dante to Leopardi The body of Parini Italy's broken heart. VG+: A clean hardcover book with one pencil mark on the front free end page. A very clean copy. The dust jacket shows some wear in the corners and a slight crease in the paper towards the spine on the cover. Everything is legible and it is a clean looking cover.

Keywords: European Art ; Italian Romanticism ; ; General Art - European


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