{"product_id":"ariosto-in-the-machine-age-hardback-9781487546793","title":"Ariosto in the Machine Age (Hardback) 9781487546793","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAriosto in the Machine Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlessandro Giammei (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487546793\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 October 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e410 pages, 102 colour illustrations, 38 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm, 0.82 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAriosto in the Machine Age\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how the most influential poet of the Renaissance was conjured or appropriated to shape Magical Realism, avant-garde painting, Fascist cultural propaganda, and cinema in modern Italy between the birth of Futurism and the end of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on substantial archival findings, bold iconographic hypotheses, and novel interpretations of literary texts, the book proposes a new account of Italy\u0026amp;#x2019;s twentieth-century culture through a unique take on Ludovico Ariosto\u0026amp;#x2019;s early modern poetics and legacy. Starting from the unexpected passéism of Futurists visiting Ferrara on the eve of the First World War, it rereads the development of Giorgio de Chirico\u0026amp;#x2019;s Metaphysical art and Massimo Bontempelli\u0026amp;#x2019;s Realismo Magico. The book reconstructs the multimedia archive of the Fascist initiatives for the 1933 centennial anniversary of Ariosto\u0026amp;#x2019;s death, and then focuses on the passage between Fascist cinema and the birth of neorealism, unearthing unfinished adaptations of the \u003ci\u003eOrlando Furioso\u003c\/i\u003e by Luchino Visconti and Alessandro Blasetti. Questioning the very concept of reception, this radically interdisciplinary book warns twenty-first-century readers about the risks of monumentalizing the \"great authors\" of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Peeking from Parnassus: Ariosto the Amphibian\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Great Metaphysician: Ariosto\u0026amp;#x2019;s Encounters with Ferrara\u0026amp;#x2019;s Avant-Garde\u003cbr\u003e2. Ludovico\u0026amp;#x2019;s Gifts: The Ariostean Spirit of Magical Realism\u003cbr\u003e3. Eternal Renaissance: Ariosto\u0026amp;#x2019;s Presence in Fascist Ferrara\u003cbr\u003e4. Theatrical Ghosts: Not Adapting the \u003cem\u003eOrlando Furioso\u003c\/em\u003e in Late Modernity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595896746264,"sku":"9781487546793","price":37.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ariosto-in-the-machine-age-hardback-9781487546793","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}