{"product_id":"italian-chronicles-paperback-softback-9781517900113","title":"Italian Chronicles (Paperback \/ softback) 9781517900113","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eItalian Chronicles\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\"\u003eStendhal (Author), Raymond N. MacKenzie (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517900113\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 May 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.8 cm, 0.539 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eItalian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e remains rugged rather than polished in MacKenzie’s arch rendering. But as the author insists, the intensity of these reimagined Italian lovers, fighters, and plotters is best captured bluntly.\"-\u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eItalian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e nevertheless throws down a timely challenge to our plague of political correctness, that grimly self-inflicted version of what he called ‘popery’.\"-\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNineteenth-century French writer Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by his pen name Stendhal, is one of the earliest leading practitioners of realism, his stories filled with sharp analyses of his characters’ psychology. This translation of Stendhal’s \u003ci\u003eChroniques italiennes\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of nine tales written between 1829 and 1840, many of which were published only after his death. Together these collected tales reveal a great novelist working with highly dramatic subject matter to forge a vision of life lived at its most intense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe setting for these tales is a romanticized Italy, a place Stendhal viewed as unpolluted by bourgeois inhibitions and conformism. From the hothouse atmosphere of aristocratic convents to the horrors of the Cenci family, the tales in \u003ci\u003eItalian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e all feature passionate, transgressive characters engaged in “\u003ci\u003ela chasse au bonheur\u003c\/i\u003e”-the quest for happiness. Most of the tragic, violent tales are based on historical events, with Stendhal using history to validate his characters’ extreme behaviors as they battle literal and figurative oppression and try to break through to freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplete with revenge, bloody daggers, poisonings, and thick-walled nunneries, this new translation of \u003ci\u003eItalian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e includes four never-before-translated stories and a fascinating introduction detailing the origins of the book. It is sure to gratify established Stendhal fans as well as readers new to the writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eTranslator’s Introduction\u003cbr\u003eStendhal’s Prefaces\u003cbr\u003eItalian Chronicles (1855)\u003cbr\u003eVanina Vanini; or, Particulars concerning the Most Recent Gathering of a Cell of the Carbonari-Discovered in the Papal States\u003cbr\u003eVittoria Accoramboni: Duchess of Bracciano\u003cbr\u003eThe Cenci: 1599\u003cbr\u003eThe Duchess of Palliano\u003cbr\u003eThe Abbess of Castro\u003cbr\u003eItalian Stories \u003cbr\u003eThe Jew\u003cbr\u003eSan Francesco a Ripa\u003cbr\u003eToo Much Favor Is Deadly: A Tale of 1589\u003cbr\u003eSuora Scolastica: A Story That Shocked All Naples in 1740\u003cbr\u003eTranslator’s Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523156668696,"sku":"9781517900113","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/italian-chronicles-paperback-softback-9781517900113","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}