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Carlo di Rudio and the Age of Revolution

Carlo di Rudio and the Age of Revolution

From a Europe convulsed by revolutions to an assassination plot and international secret diplomacy to conflict between major European powers which changed the strategic power balance to the American Civil War and finally to Custer’s Last Stand this tumultuous vista is told through the life and times of a comparatively little-known but indomitable revolutionary. This book provides an account of the life of a little-known nineteenth-century revolutionary Charles do Rudio narrating the revolutions and insurgencies of nineteenth-century Europe from 1840 to 1870 and of the United States to 1880 in which di Rudio was involved offering through his biography a unique perspective on the revolts and insurgencies that took place during this period and placing both his life and these revolts in the wider context of European history. A fascinating narrative of a turbulent nineteenth century with analysis – in keeping with the author’s speciality – of the revolts and insurgencies taking the lessons of history relevant to our own times. This book will appeal to all those interested in the Age of Revolution and politics and society in the nineteenth century. | Carlo di Rudio and the Age of Revolution

GBP 130.00
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Italy From Revolution to Republic 1700 to the Present Fourth Edition

Italy From Revolution to Republic 1700 to the Present Fourth Edition

This essential book fills a serious gap in the field by synthesizing modern Italian history and placing it in a fully European context. Emphasizing globalization Italy traces the country's transformation from a land of emigration to one of immigration and its growing cultural importance. Including coverage of the April 2008 elections this updated edition offers expanded examinations of contemporary Italy's economic social and cultural development a deepened discussion on immigration and four new biographical sketches. Author Spencer M. Di Scala discusses the role of women gives ample attention to the Italian South and provides a picture of how ordinary Italians live. Cast in a clear and lively style that will appeal to readers this comprehensive account is an indispensable addition to the field. | Italy From Revolution to Republic 1700 to the Present Fourth Edition

GBP 130.00
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Writing in Psychoanalysis

Writing in Psychoanalysis

A beautiful and thoughtful collection of essays on reading writing and learning Writing and Psychoanalysis grows out of a colloquium. The results are wondrous and impact on the reader at many different levels. In the act of writing we all discover something about what we know previously unknown to us and we learn more about our inner world that we knew before we set pen to paper (or hand to computer). Patrick Mahony goes so far as to argue that Freud's self-analysis was essentially a writing cure. Writing in Psychoanalysis is the first volume in the projected Monograph Series Psychoanalytic Issues the Rivista di Psicoanalisi (the Journal of the Italian Psychoanalytical Society) is undertaking in conjunction with Karnac Books. This series constitutes a major effort to bring about a dialogue among psychoanalysts who while ultimately bound together by a common psychoanalytic heritage nonetheless are separated in their thinking by different idioms whether linguistic or theoretical. While featuring writers of very different idioms this series will also present a venue to make some important Italian voices known to English speaking analysts.

GBP 35.99
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The canzone villanesca alla napolitana Social Cultural and Historical Contexts

The canzone villanesca alla napolitana Social Cultural and Historical Contexts

The printed debut of the canzone villanesca alla napolitana occurred on 24 October 1537 in Naples. Fifteen anonymous 'rustic songs' were published by Johannes de Colonia in a pocket-sized anthology with a cover featuring three women with hoes tilling the soil. The adjective villanesca (from villano or peasant) in the strict sense of the word means rustic or crude but in this new context it also intimates that Neapolitan poet-musicians had been affected by the instinctive lyrical traditions of everyday people. The articles in this volume trace the Neapolitan origins of this song form and its subsequent development as it spread quickly throughout Italy in a succession of editions published in Venice and Rome providing a diverse repertory of lively songs to amuse the privileged that held and attended academies. Several studies focus on key figures in this process notably Ferrante Sanseverino Prince of Salerno and Orlando di Lasso. At the same time the author relates these developments to the contemporary political context notably the rivalry of Spain and France for control of the Kingdom of Naples. | The canzone villanesca alla napolitana Social Cultural and Historical Contexts

GBP 46.99
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Gendered Perceptions of Florentine Last Supper Frescoes c. 1350–1490

Gendered Perceptions of Florentine Last Supper Frescoes c. 1350–1490

Despite the large number of monumental Last Supper frescoes which adorn refectories in Quattrocento Florence until now no monograph has appeared in English on the Florentine Last Supper frescoes nor has any study examined the perceptions of the original viewers. This study examines the rarely considered effect of gender on the profoundly contextualized perceptions of the male and female religious who viewed the Florentine Last Supper images in surprisingly different physical and cultural refectory environments. In addition to offering detailed visual analyses the author draws on a broad spectrum of published and unpublished primary materials including monastic rules devotional tracts and reading materials the constitutions and ordinazioni for individual houses inventories from male and female communities and the Convent Suppression documents of the Archivio di Stato in Florence. By examining the original viewers’ attitudes to images their educational status acculturated pieties affective responses levels of community degrees of reclusion and even the types of food eaten in the refectories Hiller argues that the perceptions of these viewers of the Last Supper frescoes were intrinsically gendered. | Gendered Perceptions of Florentine Last Supper Frescoes c. 1350–1490

GBP 38.99
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Organic Photochemistry

Organic Photochemistry

Organic photochemistry is the science arising from the application of photochemicalmethods to organic chemistry and organic chemical methods to photochemistry. It is aninterdisciplinary frontier. Intense activity in organic photochemistry in the last decade has produced so vast anaccumulation of factual knowledge that chemists in general have viewed it with awe. Even those chemists engaged in the study of organic photochemistry will find the rate ofdevelopment in the field perplexing to a high degree. This series originated to fill theneed for a critical summary of this vigorously expanding field with the purpose ofdrawing together seemingly unrelated facts summarizing progress and clarifyingproblems. Volume 11 continues to fulfill the original essential role of this unique series byproviding a convenient review of the structural aspects of organic photochemistry. Aswith earlier volumes this new book offers the research findings of distinguishedauthorities. It stresses timely aspects of organic photochemistry-previously scatteredthroughout the large body of literature-for which necessary critical review has beenlacking. This volume of the series emphasizes the mechanistic details of the di-n:-methanerearrangement . the synthetic aspects of the oxadi-n:-methane reaction . thephotochemistry of carbenium ions and related species . photoinduced hydrogen atomabstraction by carbonyl compounds . and matrix photochemistry of nitrenes carbenes and excited triplet states. Complete with numerous illustrations and bibliographiccitations of the literature this book explores these important processes to the advantageof organic chemists as an aid to research and as a source for supplementary knowledgeon particular topics .

GBP 56.99
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Shakespeare’s Politic Histories The Italian Connection

Shakespeare’s Politic Histories The Italian Connection

This book posits that Shakespeare’s First Tetralogy draws inspiration from the Italian “politic histories” of the early modern period. These works of history influenced by the Roman historian Tacitus delve into the exploration of the machinations of power politics in governance and the shaping of historical events. The argument is that closely analysing these Italian “politic histories” can significantly enhance our understanding of the “politic” aspects dramatized in Shakespeare’s early English History plays. Specifically the writings of Niccolo Machiavelli are highlighted as contributing to this understanding. These “politic histories” were accessible (in a variety of forms) to many English early modern writers including Shakespeare. Thus they serve as foundation for political and strategic analogies enriching our interpretation of Shakespeare’s politic histories. While delving into the Italian “politic” historians can illuminate Shakespeare’s achievement it is suggested that we should regard the English History plays as “politic histories” in their own right. In essence they are dramatized versions of precisely the same kinds of “politic” historical writing with its emphasis on ragion di Stato or raison d’état. This emphasis on what the Elizabethans called “stratagems” introduces new approaches to interpreting the plays. Considering the motivation and action of its characters entails novel approaches that challenge the established reading of the plays’ ‘Machiavellian’ characters (particularly Richard III) and shed light on previously overlooked characters (particularly Buckingham and Stanley) revealing their considerably greater strategic acumen. This exploration provides fresh avenues for reading the Shakespeare’s politic histories and better appreciate their Italian connection. | Shakespeare’s Politic Histories The Italian Connection

GBP 145.00
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