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The rhetoric of violence and sacrifice in fascist Italy : Mussolini, Gadda, Vittorini / Chiara Ferrari.
- Title
- The rhetoric of violence and sacrifice in fascist Italy : Mussolini, Gadda, Vittorini / Chiara Ferrari.
- Author
- Ferrari, Chiara
- Publication
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
- ©2013
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- Description
- 230 pages : 1 illustration; 24 cm.
- Summary
- In this book, Chiara Ferrari interrogates how the rhetoric of sacrifice was used by the Italian fascist regime throughout the interwar years to support its totalitarian project and its vision of an all-encompassing bond between the people and the state.
- Series Statement
- Toronto Italian studies
- Uniform Title
- Toronto Italian studies.
- Subject
- Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 > Oratory
- Gadda, Carlo Emilio, 1893-1973 > Criticism and interpretation
- Vittorini, Elio, 1908-1966 > Criticism and interpretation
- Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 > Art oratoire
- Gadda, Carlo Emilio, 1893-1973 > Critique et interprétation
- Vittorini, Elio, 1908-1966 > Critique et interprétation
- Mussolini, Benito 1883-1945
- Gadda, Carlo Emilio 1893-1973
- Vittorini, Elio 1908-1966
- 1900-1999
- 1900-talet
- Sacrifice in literature
- Sacrifice > Political aspects > Italy
- Rhetoric > Political aspects > Italy
- Fascism and literature > Italy
- Italian literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- Sacrifice dans la littérature
- Sacrifice > Aspect politique > Italie
- Rhétorique > Aspect politique > Italie
- Fascisme et littérature > Italie
- Littérature italienne > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique
- Gewalt
- Faschismus
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Includes some text in Italian, followed by the English translation.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Discursive ritual and sacrificial presentation: the rhetoric of crisis and resolution in Fascist Italy -- 2. Sacrificial turns and their rhetorical echoes -- 3. Gadda's sacrificial topographies -- 4. The redemption of Vittorini's New Man.
- ISBN
- 9781442645677 (bound)
- 1442645679 (bound)
- 9781442613935 (pbk.)
- 1442613939 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 842499894
- SCSB-12440937
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library