Dennis Berthold, American Risorgimento
Herman Melville and the Cultural Politics of Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6187563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paola Gemme |
| Year | 2011 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.9166 |
| OpenAlex | W4293771700 |
| Language | EN |
In his new book, American Risorgimento: Herman Melville and the Cultural Politics of Italy, Dennis Berthold shows how Italy’s political transformation from a collection of small states controlled by foreign powers in the 1840s into a unified, independent nation by 1871 was central to Melville’s writing. Melville clearly saw the parallel between Italy’s struggle for freedom from foreign domination and drive for unification and, on the other hand, the war in the United States to abolish slavery
Humanities · Political science · Politics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |