The Italian Literature of the Axis War - Memories of Self-Absolution and the Quest for Responsibility (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

This book investigates the representation of the Axis War - the wars of aggression that Fascist Italy fought in North Africa, Greece, the Soviet Union, and the Balkans, from 1940 to 1943 - in three decades of Italian literature. Building on an innovative and interdisciplinary methodology, which combines memory studies, historiography, thematic criticism, and narratology, this book explores the main topoi, themes, and masterplots of an extensive corpus of novels and memoirs to assess the contribution of literature to the reshaping of Italian memory and identity after the end of Fascism. By exploring the influence that public memory exercises on literary depictions and, in return, the contribution of literary texts to the formation and dissemination of a discourse about the past, the book examines to what extent Italian literature helped readers form an ethical awareness of the crimes committed by members of their national community during World War II.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Italian and Italian American Studies
Release date:	April 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Guido Bartolini
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	263
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-063180-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	3-03-063180-X
Barcode:	9783030631802

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