6. Italy’s Romantic Reputation

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: Kangaroos, Papyrus Scrolls, and the Poetics of Cultural History 1
6. 1. Modes of Viewing: From Vasari to Film and Television Culture 28
7. 2. Fantasy, Science, and Hyperreality: From Ariosto and Galileo to Las Vegas 59
8. 3. Passion in the Operatic Repertoire 87
9. 4. Capital Contrasts: Naples and Turin a Century before Unification 103
10. 5. Justice and the Individual, Torture and the State 144
11. 6. Italy’s Romantic Reputation 176
12. 7. Lifestyles High and Low in Changing Post-Unification Urbanism 218
13. Notes 277
14. Bibliography 303
15. Index 317