Delirious Naples: A Cultural History of the City of the Sun

By: Erri De Luca and Jonathan Galassi and Gioia Timpanelli and John Domini and Ilaria Marchesi and Gabriella Romani and Robert Zweig and Francesco Durante and Stanislao G. Pugliese and Simona Frasca and Pellegrino D'Acierno and Theresa Aiello and B. Amore and Andrea Baldi and Angelo Cannavacciuolo and Joseph Connors and Rose DeAngelis and Valerio Caprara and Fred Gardaphe and Patrizia La Trecchia and Simone Marchesi and Nick Napoli and Salvatore Napolitano and Jason Pine and Joseph Rescigno and Terrence Ward and Gregory Pell and Charles Sant'Elia

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Synopsis: This book is addressed to “lovers of paradoxes” and we have done our utmost to assemble a stellar cast of Neapolitan and American scholars, intellectuals, and artists/writers who are strong and open-minded enough to wrestle with and illuminate the paradoxes through which Naples presents itself. Naples is a mysterious metropolis. Difficult to understand, it is an enigma to outsiders, and also to the Neapolitans themselves. Its very impenetrableness is what makes it so deliriously and irresistibly attractive. The essays attempt to give some hints to the answer of the enigma, without parsing it into neat scholastic formulas. In doing this, the book will be an important means of opening Naples to students, scholars and members of the community at large who are engaged in “identity-work.” A primary goal has been to establish a dialogue with leading Neapolitan intellectuals and artists, and, ultimately, ensure that the “deliriously Neapolitan” dance continues.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780823280001
Related ISBNs:: 9780823279982
Publisher:: Fordham University Press
Date of Addition:: 12/11/18
Copyrighted By:: Fordham University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.