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.