Ferrari, Chiara,  1963- <br/><br/>
The rhetoric of violence and sacrifice in fascist Italy :  Mussolini, Gadda, Vittorini / 
Chiara Ferrari. 
 - Toronto [Ontario] :  University of Toronto Press,  (c)2013. Beaconsfield, Quebec :  Canadian Electronic Library,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (230 pages) :  1 illustration. 
 - Toronto Italian Studies .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Discursive ritual and sacrificial presentation: the rhetoric of crisis and resolution in Fascist Italy --  2. Sacrificial turns and their rhetorical echoes --  3. Gadda's sacrificial topographies --  4. The redemption of Vittorini's New Man. 
<br/><br/> In this book, Chiara Ferrari interrogates how the rhetoric of sacrifice was used by the Italian fascist regime throughout the interwar years to support its totalitarian project and its vision of an all-encompassing bond between the people and the state. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442663336 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 --Oratory.<br/>Gadda, Carlo Emilio, 1893-1973 --Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Vittorini, Elio, 1908-1966 --Criticism and interpretation.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sacrifice in literature.<br/>Sacrifice--Political aspects--Italy.<br/>Rhetoric--Political aspects--Italy.<br/>Fascism and literature--Italy.<br/>Italian literature--History and criticism.--20th century
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ4088  / .R448 2013