Introduction -- 1: Intimate Arenas: A New Couple for a New Kingdom -- 2: Arena of Desire: The Circus -- 3: Virtual Arenas: Illicit Love by Letter -- 4: Arenas of Mortality: From Eros to Thanatos -- 5: Arena or Temple?: The Trial in Rome's Court of Assizes -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed July 24, 2020)
