Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages, 40 variously numbered pages of plates) |
Contents |
Louise Stolberg's salon : writing the code of freedom in Florence -- The theatre of revolution in Alfieri's Casa Gianfigliazzi -- Hail solitary ruins : the code of liberty -- Stolberg and Foscolo : the conspiracy of the 'Three Graces' -- The three queens of Italy : Elise, Pauline and Caroline -- The aftermath of Napoleon and a prelude to Italy's Risorgimento |
Summary |
Worley's book brings a new perspective on the intellectual debates in the development of nationalistic movements leading up to the Risorgimento in Italy. Her study reveals how the efforts of key feminine ideologists established the roots of Italian reunification through artistic patronage. The salons of these important women enabled daring artists to walk that fine line between creativity and treason as they politicized their art. In the search for nationalist symbols, members of Louise Stolberg's Florentine salon looked back to national histories and literature. The histories of the Italian Renaissance and ancient Rome were emphasized, as they contained the nascent germs of republicanism and democracy. The politicization of art and literature was thus implicit in the worship of the cult of liberty and freedom. Romantic impulses toward creativity and freedom were also translated into national egalitarian impulses toward unity and democracy |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Albany, Louise Maximiliane Caroline Emanuele, Princess of Stolberg-Gedern, calling herself Countess of, 1752-1824.
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Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817.
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Albany, Louise Maximiliane Caroline Emanuele, Princess of Stolberg-Gedern, calling herself Countess of, 1752-1824 fast |
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Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817 fast |
Subject |
Women and literature -- Italy -- History -- 18th century
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Salons -- Italy -- Florence
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Women intellectuals -- Italy -- Florence
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Authors and patrons -- Italy -- Florence
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Neoclassicism (Literature) -- Italy
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Nationalism and literature -- Italy -- History -- 18th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian.
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Authors and patrons
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Intellectual life
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Nationalism and literature
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Neoclassicism (Literature)
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Salons
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Women and literature
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Women intellectuals
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SUBJECT |
Coppet (Switzerland) -- Intellectual life
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Florence (Italy) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
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Italy
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Italy -- Florence
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Switzerland -- Coppet
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Isenberg, Nancy, writer of foreword
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ISBN |
9780779907717 |
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077990771X |
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