Making the Italians
Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-3-03911-361-3 (ISBN)
This book charts the history and evolution of Italian children's fantasy, from its first appearance in the 1870s to the present day. It traces the structural and thematic progression of the genre in Italy and situates this development against the changing backdrop of Italian culture, society and politics. The author argues that ever since the foundation of Italy as a nation-state the Italian people have been actively involved in an ongoing process of identity formation and that the development of children's fantasy texts has been inextricably intertwined with sociopolitical and cultural imperatives.
Lindsay Myers lectures in Italian and children’s literature at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her research interests include nineteenth and twentieth-century Italian children’s literature and culture, fantasy literature, comparative children’s literature and children’s film.
Contents: Morphology and Methodology - The Memoir Fantasy: 1870-1896 - The 'Monello' Fantasy: 1897-1908 - The Microcosmic Fantasy: 1908-1915 - The Quest Fantasy: 1915-1918 - The Surreal Fantasy: 1919-1929 - The Superhero Fantasy 1930-1939 - The Community Fantasy: 1945-1950 - The Pinocchioesque Fantasy: 1950-1980 - The Compensatory Fantasy: 1980-2010.
«This book is set to become an indispensable secondary text for Anglophone students of Italian children's literature.» (Pat Pinsent, The Journal of Children's Literature Studies 8, 2012/2)
«'Making the Italians' provides an invaluable contribution to the field of Italian children's literary criticism; it also has the potential to truly engage readers whose scholarly interests lie within the realms of cultural history or literary history more generally. This work demonstrates that Massimo D'Azeglio's oft-quoted dictum - to which the title of the book refers - has perpetual resonance in the field of children's literature; the process of 'making Italians' is not finite but rather involves the education and socialisation of each successive generation. Myers' study provides an insight into the role which authors of children's fantasy have played and continue to play in this process, thus offering readers a heretofore neglected perspective on a component of the cultural fabric of Italian society.» (Jessica D'Eath, La Libellula 4, 2012/4)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.11.2011 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Bern |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 225 mm |
| Gewicht | 390 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik | |
| Schlagworte | Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio • children’s • Children's • Fantasy • Italian • Italian children's literature • Italian children’s literature • Italian childrens literature • Italian culture, society and politics • Italians • Lindsay • Making • Myers • Poetics • Politics • socio-political and cultural imperatives |
| ISBN-10 | 3-03911-361-5 / 3039113615 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-03911-361-3 / 9783039113613 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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