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Sentences : the memoirs and letters of Italian political prisoners from Benvenuto Cellini to Aldo Moro
- Title
- Sentences : the memoirs and letters of Italian political prisoners from Benvenuto Cellini to Aldo Moro / Charles Klopp.
- Author
- Klopp, Charles.
- Publication
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1999], ©1999.
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- Description
- xv, 276 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Although there exist a number of studies on prison writing from various countries, Sentences is the first comprehensive examination of autobiographical prison literature from Italy. Klopp has assembled a gallery of fascinating portraits in this chronological survey of prison writings by more than three dozen Italian political figures and intellectuals - including Cellini, Casanova, Tasso, the Martyrs of Mantua, Enrichetta Caracciolo, Gramsci - all of whom were imprisoned for their political convictions.
- Drawing on prison writings from periods that include the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Risorgimento, the rise of socialism and women's rights, and the years of Fascism, Sentences makes a valuable contribution to social and political history."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Toronto Italian studies
- Uniform Title
- Toronto Italian studies.
- Subject
- Prisoners' writings, Italian > History and criticism
- Italian prose literature > History and criticism
- Political prisoners' writings > History and criticism
- Politics and literature > Italy
- Liberty in literature
- Écrits de prisonniers italiens > Histoire et critique
- Prose italienne > Histoire et critique
- Écrits de prisonniers politiques > Histoire et critique
- Politique et littérature > Italie
- Liberté dans la littérature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Writing As Survival -- 1. Predecessors: Prison Writing before 1800 -- 2. The Spielberg: Concealment and Refutation -- 3. Bodies Politic -- 4. Authority, Desire, and Dissent: Serving the Revolution -- 5. Answering Gramsci: The Anti-Fascists -- 6. The Death of a President / The Effacement of an Author -- Conclusion: Sentences and Convictions.
- ISBN
- 0802044565 (bound) :
- LCCN
- cn 99931161
- OCLC
- ocm41593183
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries