Italian Orientalism: Nationhood, Cosmopolitanism and the Cultural Politics of Identity - Paperback

by Pierpaolo Antonello (Other), Robert S. C. Gordon (Other), Fabrizio De Donno (Author)

The on-going debate on the legacies of European Orientalism has yet to fully consider its Italian context. This book is a literary and intellectual history both of the reception of European Orientalism in Risorgimento Italy, and of the birth and development of an Italian Orientalist expression in the post-unification and fascist periods.

Author Biography

Fabrizio De Donno is Lecturer in Italian and Comparative Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London.