Bonsaver, Guido.

Censorship and literature in fascist ItalyGuido Bonsaver. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource ([xv], 405 pages) : illustrations, portrait. - Toronto Italian studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

1: Mussolini takes the helm -- Towards a new system -- Carrots, sticks, and charismatic ruling -- The censor and the censored -- 2: Censorship fascist style, 1934-1939 -- From Press Office to ministry of popular culture -- Shaping Italian literature -- Anti-semitism and 'cultural reclamation' -- 3: A nation at war, 1940-1943 -- A turn of the screw -- Foreign fiction and weak autarky -- Unfinished business -- Conclusion.

"Examining the pervasiveness of censorship in Fascist Italy, from the entrenchment of Mussolini's role as 'prime censor' to the suppression of works by female writers, this is a look, at the vulnerability of culture under a dictatorship." --Book Jacket.




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Censorship--History--Italy--20th century.
Publishers and publishing--Italy--20th century.
Italian literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Fascism and literature--Italy.
Politics and culture--History--Italy--20th century.


Electronic Books.

PQ4088 / .C467 2007 Z658