Neorealism and the "New" Italy : compassion in the development of Italian identity /: compassion in the development of Italian identity. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Simonetta Milli Konewko.
• Authors: Konewko, Simonetta Milli
• Contents: Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Part I: Neorealism: What Is and Is Not; Chapter 2: The Italian Roots of€Neorealism; Cinematographic Origins; Literary Origins; Chapter 3: Neorealism and€Films; Melodrama and€Genuine Authenticity; On-Location Shooting: War-Damaged Urban Centers; Nonprofessional Actors and€Intergenerational Sets of€Characters; Chapter 4: Neorealism and€Literature; Local Identities; Female Voices in€the€Postwar Period; Chapter 5: Emotions in€Neorealism; Cinema and€Emotions; Literature and€Emotions; Notes; Part II: Compassion: What Is and Is Not. Chapter 6: The Nature of€CompassionChapter 7: Compassion and€Pity, Sympathy, and€Empathy; Chapter 8: Occurrences of€Compassion; Chapter 9: Rethinking Compassion in€Light of€Neorealism; The Three Beliefs of€Aristotle and€Nussbaum; Knowledge and€Emotion; Chapter 10: The Discourse of€Compassion During Fascism; Mussolini; Carlo Bernari; Conclusions; Part III: Charting Landscapes of Compassion During World War II; Chapter 11: Compassion in€Ginzburg's Depictions of€Family Relationships; Ginzburg's Compassion Within the€Family; Ginzburg's Compassion Outside the€Family; Conclusions. Chapter 12: Moravia's Representation of€CompassionCompassion and€Social Conditions; Compassion and€Concept of€Nationality; Compassion in€the€Countryside and€City; Compassion and€Atrocity; Compassion and€Gender Differences; Conclusions; Chapter 13: Women, Compassion, and€the€Resistance Movement in€L'Agnese va a€morire; Agnese as€the€Subject of€Compassion; Agnese as€the€Object of€Compassion; Conclusions; Chapter 14: Compassion and€the€Construction of€Women's Identity in€Rome, Open City; Pina's Compassion; Laura's and€Marina's Compassion; Conclusions; Part IV: Compassion and the Holocaust. Chapter 15: Compassion in€Survival in€AuschwitzDeceptive Compassion; Compassion; Conclusions; Chapter 16: Compassion in€Smoke over Birkenau; Gustine, Lili, Maria, and€Bruna's Compassion; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 272 pages)
• Subjects: 850.9/12; Literature; Realism in literature; Italian literature -- History and criticism; Italians -- Ethnic identity; Compassion in literature; Compassion in motion pictures; Compassion -- Italy; European literature; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary; Italian literature; Compassion in motion pictures; Compassion in literature; Compassion; Italians -- Ethnic identity; Realism in literature; Literary Criticism -- European -- General; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- General; Literature: history & criticism; Films, cinema; Literary studies: from c 1900; Italy; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137524164; 1137524162; 1137541326; 9781137541321
• Related ISBNs: 1137541326; 9781137541321
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 30, 2016).
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