{"product_id":"romantic-europe-and-the-ghost-of-italy-hardcover","title":"Romantic Europe and the Ghost of Italy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Luzzi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking study, unique in English, Joseph Luzzi considers Italian Romanticism and the modern myth of Italy. Ranging across European and international borders, he examines the metaphors, facts, and fictions about Italy that were born in the Romantic age and continue to haunt the global literary imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe themes of the book include the emergence of Italy as the \"world's university\" (Goethe) and \"mother of arts\" (Byron), the influence of Dante's \u003ci\u003eCommedia\u003c\/i\u003e on Romantic autobiography, and the representation of the Italian body politic as a woman at home and abroad. Luzzi also provides a critical reevaluation of the three crowns of Italian Romantic letters--Ugo Foscolo, Giacomo Leopardi, and Alessandro Manzoni--profoundly influential writers largely undiscovered in Anglo-American criticism. Reaching out to academic and general readers alike, the book offers fresh insights into the influence of Italian literary, cultural, and intellectual traditions on the foreign imagination from the Romantic age to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Luzzi is associate professor of Italian and director of the Italian Studies program, Bard College. His articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eComparative Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDante Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eItalica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModern Language Notes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModern Language Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStudies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Tivoli, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45310452498534,"sku":"9780300123555","price":141.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Q0dNK3Z0blJVWmJyaTZvYnBOblYxUT09.webp?v=1774245025","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/romantic-europe-and-the-ghost-of-italy-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}