World's fairs, Italian style the great exhibitions in Turin and their narratives, 1860-1915 /
Della Coletta, Cristina, 1962-
World's fairs, Italian style the great exhibitions in Turin and their narratives, 1860-1915 / Cristina Della Coletta. - Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, (c)2006. - 1 online resource. - Toronto Italian studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction The Spectacle of Inventing a Nation: World�s Fairs and Their Narratives in Italy, 1860�1915""; ""1 Prologues to World�s Fairs: National Expositions and Nation Building in Turin""; ""Turin, (Former) Capital of the Nineteenth Century""; ""National Exhibits, Collective Identity, and the Ideology of Progress""; ""Dreaming a Collective Dream: Civilization as Leisure""; ""Of Maps and Towers: A Stroll along the Fairgrounds""; ""Pro Aris et Foci: The King, the People, and the Nation"" ""All the City�s a Stage: The Exposition of Hegemonic Topographies in De Amicis�s Torino 1880""""Exhibition Mania on Stage: The Ballet Excelsior""; ""2 Turin 1911: The �Fabulous Exposition�""; ""Ephemeral Architecture and the Invention of a National Style""; ""Building Imperial Consensus: Italy�s Quarta Sponda on the Po River""; ""Italy and the Imperial Paradigm""; ""Blazoned Pilots, Modern Media, and Vicarious Travels""; ""Polar Explorers, �Instant Books, � and the Politics of Travel""; ""3 Emilio Salgari: Writing Exposition Style"" ""Salgari�s Novels as Exposition Narratives""""Salgari and the Adventure-Tale Formula""; ""A Life Exposed: The Man, the Myth, and the Nation""; ""The Fall of a Crystal Palace: Le meraviglie del Duemila""; ""4 Guido Gozzano�s Imperial Ambiguities""; ""Reclaiming the Context: On Gozzano gazzettiere and the Archaeology of Verso la cuna del mondo""; ""The �Compendium of the World�: Gozzano�s India as World�s Fair Exhibit""; ""Of Mazes and Masks: India as Counter-Exposition""; ""Beyond the Exotic Surface: Gozzano�s Letters as Hermeneutical Objects"" ""Historiography as Assemblage: Intertextual Montages in �L�Olocausto di Cawnepore� and �Goa: “La Dourada��""""Meddling with the Sex of Angels: Gozzano�s Readings of Albrecht D�rer�s Melancholia I""; ""Production for Profit and Creation for Pleasure: Beauty, Truth, and the Role of the Artist in the World of Universal Expositions""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
9781442627307
Salgari, Emilio, 1862-1911 --Criticism and interpretation.
Exhibitions--History--Italy--Turin--19th century.
Nationalism--History--Italy--19th century.
Nationalism--History--Italy--20th century.
Literature and society--History--Italy--19th century.
Literature and society--History--Italy--20th century.
Exhibitions--Turin--History--Italy--19th century.
Gozzano, Guido,--1883-1916--Criticism and interpretation.
Literature and society--History--Italy--19th century.
Literature and society--History--Italy--20th century.
Nationalism--History--Italy--19th century.
Nationalism--History--Italy--20th century.
Salgari, Emilio,--1862-1911--Criticism and interpretation.
Turin World''s Fair--(1911)
Electronic Books.
T395 / .W675 2006
World's fairs, Italian style the great exhibitions in Turin and their narratives, 1860-1915 / Cristina Della Coletta. - Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, (c)2006. - 1 online resource. - Toronto Italian studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction The Spectacle of Inventing a Nation: World�s Fairs and Their Narratives in Italy, 1860�1915""; ""1 Prologues to World�s Fairs: National Expositions and Nation Building in Turin""; ""Turin, (Former) Capital of the Nineteenth Century""; ""National Exhibits, Collective Identity, and the Ideology of Progress""; ""Dreaming a Collective Dream: Civilization as Leisure""; ""Of Maps and Towers: A Stroll along the Fairgrounds""; ""Pro Aris et Foci: The King, the People, and the Nation"" ""All the City�s a Stage: The Exposition of Hegemonic Topographies in De Amicis�s Torino 1880""""Exhibition Mania on Stage: The Ballet Excelsior""; ""2 Turin 1911: The �Fabulous Exposition�""; ""Ephemeral Architecture and the Invention of a National Style""; ""Building Imperial Consensus: Italy�s Quarta Sponda on the Po River""; ""Italy and the Imperial Paradigm""; ""Blazoned Pilots, Modern Media, and Vicarious Travels""; ""Polar Explorers, �Instant Books, � and the Politics of Travel""; ""3 Emilio Salgari: Writing Exposition Style"" ""Salgari�s Novels as Exposition Narratives""""Salgari and the Adventure-Tale Formula""; ""A Life Exposed: The Man, the Myth, and the Nation""; ""The Fall of a Crystal Palace: Le meraviglie del Duemila""; ""4 Guido Gozzano�s Imperial Ambiguities""; ""Reclaiming the Context: On Gozzano gazzettiere and the Archaeology of Verso la cuna del mondo""; ""The �Compendium of the World�: Gozzano�s India as World�s Fair Exhibit""; ""Of Mazes and Masks: India as Counter-Exposition""; ""Beyond the Exotic Surface: Gozzano�s Letters as Hermeneutical Objects"" ""Historiography as Assemblage: Intertextual Montages in �L�Olocausto di Cawnepore� and �Goa: “La Dourada��""""Meddling with the Sex of Angels: Gozzano�s Readings of Albrecht D�rer�s Melancholia I""; ""Production for Profit and Creation for Pleasure: Beauty, Truth, and the Role of the Artist in the World of Universal Expositions""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
9781442627307
Salgari, Emilio, 1862-1911 --Criticism and interpretation.
Exhibitions--History--Italy--Turin--19th century.
Nationalism--History--Italy--19th century.
Nationalism--History--Italy--20th century.
Literature and society--History--Italy--19th century.
Literature and society--History--Italy--20th century.
Exhibitions--Turin--History--Italy--19th century.
Gozzano, Guido,--1883-1916--Criticism and interpretation.
Literature and society--History--Italy--19th century.
Literature and society--History--Italy--20th century.
Nationalism--History--Italy--19th century.
Nationalism--History--Italy--20th century.
Salgari, Emilio,--1862-1911--Criticism and interpretation.
Turin World''s Fair--(1911)
Electronic Books.
T395 / .W675 2006