Emotional arenas : life, love, and death in 1870s Italy

Emotional arenas : life, love, and death in 1870s Italy / Mark Seymour.

Set in recently unified Italy, the narrative of Emotional Arenas is driven by a failed marriage, the wife's scandalous affair with a circus artiste, and the illicit couple's murder of the hapless husband. Imaginative reading of the criminal prosecution records and newspaper coverage allows...

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Main Author: Seymour, Mark (Mark Louis Huckson) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Emotions in history.
Subjects:
Cardinali, Pietro, > active 1878 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Fadda, Giovanni, > -1878.
Saraceni, Raffaella.
Cardinali, Pietro, > active 1878
Fadda, Giovanni, > -1878
Since 1800
Marriage > Italy > History > 19th century.
Marriage law > Italy > History > 19th century.
Adultery > Italy > History > 19th century.
Love-letters > Italy > History > 19th century.
Murder > Italy > Rome > Case studies.
Trials (Murder) > Italy > Rome > History > 19th century.
Emotions > Sociological aspects > History > Case studies.
Adultery
Emotions > Sociological aspects
Love-letters
Manners and customs
Marriage
Marriage law
Murder
Politics and government
Trials (Murder)
Italy > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Italy > Politics and government > 1870-
Italy
Italy > Rome
Electronic books.
Case studies
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:Set in recently unified Italy, the narrative of Emotional Arenas is driven by a failed marriage, the wife's scandalous affair with a circus artiste, and the illicit couple's murder of the hapless husband. Imaginative reading of the criminal prosecution records and newspaper coverage allows reconstruction of the emotional experiences of this story.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0191061263
9780191061264
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed July 24, 2020)

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