Casillo, Robert. <br/><br/>
The Italian in Modernity. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (892 pages) 
 - Toronto Italian Studies .
 - Toronto Italian Studies .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Stendhal and Italy -- Part One: Is Italy Civilized? -- Part Two: Leisure, Tourism, and Their Discontents -- 2 The Unbroken Charm: New Englanders in Italy -- 3 Isle of the Dead -- 4 From Italophilia to Italophobia: Italian Americans in the Gilded Age -- 5 Puccini's American Theme -- 6 'To Die Is Not Enough!': Hemingway and D'Annunzio -- 7 The Hidden Godfather: Plenitude and Absence in Coppola's Trilogy -- 8 The Representation of Italian Americans in American Cinema: From the Silent Film to The Godfather -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. 
<br/><br/> In this study, Robert Casillo and John Paul Russo look at both Italy and Italian America to explore the paradoxical representation of Italy as the originator of modernity that has resisted many modern tendencies. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442687073 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DG441 .C38 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>945