The empire of stereotypes : Germaine de Staël and the idea of Italy

The empire of stereotypes : Germaine de Staël and the idea of Italy / Robert Casillo.

In Corinne, or Italy, as in On Literature, Germaine de Staël not only draws from the tradition of Northern European stereotypes of Italy and the Italians, but transmits their influence to nineteenth-century writers and artists. These ambiguous and typically negative representations, which are exami...

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Main Author: Casillo, Robert (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Series:Italian and Italian American studies.
Subjects:
Staël, > Madame de > (Anne-Louise-Germaine), > 1766-1817 > Appreciation > Italy.
Staël, > Madame de > (Anne-Louise-Germaine), > 1766-1817
National characteristics, Italian.
Art appreciation
Civilization
National characteristics, Italian
Italy > Civilization.
Italy
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Table of Contents:
  • Decline and Discovery
  • The Debate over Italy
  • The Empire of Stereotypes
  • Italy as Other: The Carnival and the Swamp
  • Children of Vulcan.

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