TY - BOOK AU - Ferrari,Chiara TI - The rhetoric of violence and sacrifice in fascist Italy: Mussolini, Gadda, Vittorini T2 - Toronto Italian Studies SN - 9781442663336 AV - PQ4088 .R448 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Toronto [Ontario] PB - University of Toronto Press KW - Mussolini, Benito, KW - Gadda, Carlo Emilio, KW - Vittorini, Elio, KW - Sacrifice in literature KW - Sacrifice KW - Political aspects KW - Italy KW - Rhetoric KW - Fascism and literature KW - Italian literature KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=660242&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -