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008			171208s2017 nyu ob 001 0deng d
040			_aJSTOR _beng _erda _epn _cJSTOR _dNT
020			_a9780231546409 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aDG465 _b.F766 2017
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aFaedda, Barbara, _e1
245	1	0	_aFrom Da Ponte to the Casa italiana : _ba brief history of Italian studies at Columbia University / _cBarbara Faedda.
260			_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a1 online resource.
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	2		_a"The Casa Italiana--a neo-Renaissance palazzo located on Amsterdam Avenue near 117th Street--has been the most important expression of the Italian presence on Columbia University's campus since its construction in 1927. As a site of interdisciplinary scholarship and promotion of Italian culture, the Casa Italiana has made a substantial contribution to the academic study of Italy in America and the understanding of Italian cultural identity abroad. Celebrating the Casa's ninetieth anniversary, From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana documents and recounts the history of the individuals, both Italian and American, who contributed to the formation of Columbia University's rich tradition of Italian studies. Barbara Faedda's succinct yet detailed historical survey begins at the dawn of Italian studies at Columbia with Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's witty librettist who became the charismatic founder of the New York Metropolitan Opera and Columbia's first professor of Italian. Covering figures such as the former revolutionary Eleuterio Felice Foresti, Faedda elucidates the complex and often controversial dimensions of the Casa's history, highlighting protagonists such as Giuseppe Prezzolini and Nicholas M. Butler as well as Italian American students and community members. The Casa played a significant role in U.S.-Italian relations from its foundation, and at one point it came under fire, accused of ties to Mussolini and pro-Fascist leanings. Synthesizing archival documents with the work of historians, From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana tells the compelling stories of the Casa and several of its leading figures, whose influence on the university can still be felt today"--Provided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_aThe dawn of Italian studies at Columbia University : Lorenzo da Ponte, Mozart's librettist and adventurous exile in New York (1825-1838) -- _tAfter Da Ponte, the arrival of patriot and refugee Eleuterio Felix Foresti (1838-1911) -- _tThe Casa Italiana : the realization of an ambitious dream (1920s) -- _tPrezzolini, controversial Casa director, and World War II (1930s and 1940s) -- _tAppendix A: From Lorenzo da Ponte to Charles V. Paterno : Libri Italiani at Columbia University / _rMeredith Levin -- _tAppendix B: The anatomy of the Casa Italiana's façade / _rFrancesco Benelli -- _tAppendix C: The Casa Italiana educational bureau : a research "fact-finding institution" on the Italian-American community / _rJavier Grossutti.
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610	2	0	_aColumbia University. _bCasa italiana _xHistory.
600	1	0	_aPrezzolini, Giuseppe, _d1882-1982.
610	2	0	_aColumbia University _vBiography.
650		0	_aScholars _zNew York (State) _zNew York _vBiography.
650		0	_aCollege teachers _zNew York (State) _zNew York _vBiography.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1628842&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell