From Da Ponte to the Casa italiana : a brief history of Italian studies at Columbia University /

"The Casa Italiana--a neo-Renaissance palazzo located on Amsterdam Avenue near 117th Street--has been the most important expression of the Italian presence on Columbia University's campus since its construction in 1927. As a site of interdisciplinary scholarship and promotion of Italian cu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Faedda, Barbara (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, > 1749-1838.
Foresti, E. Felix > (Eleutario Felix), > 1789-1858.
Prezzolini, Giuseppe, > 1882-1982.
Foresti, E. Felix > (Eleutario Felix), > 1789-1858
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, > 1749-1838
Prezzolini, Giuseppe, > 1882-1982
Columbia University. > Casa italiana > History.
Columbia University > Biography.
Columbia University
Columbia University. > Casa italiana
Scholars > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
College teachers > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Savants > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
Education, Higher
College teachers
International relations
Scholars
Italy > Study and teaching (Higher) > New York (State) > New York.
Italy > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Italy.
Italy
New York (State) > New York
United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The dawn of Italian studies at Columbia University : Lorenzo da Ponte, Mozart's librettist and adventurous exile in New York (1825-1838)
  • After Da Ponte, the arrival of patriot and refugee Eleuterio Felix Foresti (1838-1911)
  • The Casa Italiana : the realization of an ambitious dream (1920s)
  • Prezzolini, controversial Casa director, and World War II (1930s and 1940s)
  • Appendix A: From Lorenzo da Ponte to Charles V. Paterno : Libri Italiani at Columbia University / Meredith Levin
  • Appendix B: The anatomy of the Casa Italiana's façade / Francesco Benelli
  • Appendix C: The Casa Italiana educational bureau : a research "fact-finding institution" on the Italian-American community / Javier Grossutti.

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