Overview
New insights on the reception of Etruscan antiquity in the modernist period. “L’Étrurie est à la mode”, French archaeologist Salomon Reinach bluntly stated in 1927. Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, Etruria had not only been attracting the attention of archaeologists and specialists of all sorts, but it had also been a fascinating and, in some cases, captivating destination for poets, novelists, painters and sculptors from all over Europe. This volume deals with the impact of the constantly expanding knowledge on the Etruscans and their mysterious civilisation on Italian, French, English, and German literature, arts and culture, with particular regard to the modernist period (1890–1950). The volume brings a distinctive point of view to the subject by approaching it from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective, and by looking at a quite diverse range of topics and artefacts, which includes, but is not limited to, the study of drawings, art works, travel essays, novels, cooking recipes, schoolbooks, photographs, and movies. By exploring a new paradigm to understand ancient cultures, beyond the traditional ideas and models of “reception of the classics”, and by challenging the alleged fracture between the so-called “two cultures” of humanities and natural sciences, Modern Etruscans will be of interest to scholars from various disciplines. Designed as a learning tool for university courses on the interplay between literature and science in the twentieth century, it is suited as recommended reading for students in the humanities. Contributors: Francesca Orestano (Università degli Studi di Milano), Chiara Zampieri (KU Leuven), Bart Van den Bossche (KU Leuven), Lisa C. Pieraccini (University of California, Berkeley), Martin Miller (Italienisches Kulturinstitut Stuttgart), Marie-Laurence Haack (Université de Picardie Jules Verne), Gennaro Ambrosino (University of Warwick), Martina Piperno (Durham University), Andrea Avalli (Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici di San Marino). Ebook available in Open Access. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
Full Product Details
Author: Chiara Zampieri ,
Martina Piperno ,
Bart Van den Bossche
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Imprint: Leuven University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.310kg
ISBN: 9789462703797
ISBN 10: 9462703795
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 24 October 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This book forms a very useful starting point in the field of cultural history in modern times. The scholarly content of several contributions is deeply interesting and brings fresh ideas to the discipline, inspiring new approaches. Each contribution challenges the current debate and presents new content, if to varying degrees. Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni, Università degli Studi di Milano
Author Information
Chiara Zampieri is a junior researcher in Comparative Literature at KU Leuven and member of the MDRN Research Lab. Martina Piperno is assistant professor of Italian Studies at Sapienza - Università di Roma and member of the MDRN Research Lab. Bart Van den Bossche is full professor of Italian Studies at KU Leuven and founding member of the MDRN Research Lab.
