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Masaniello : The Life and Afterlife of a Neapolitan Revolutionary

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: D'Alessio, Silvana
Otros Autores: Cohen, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction to the Present Edition
  • Premise
  • Part I The Life
  • I. Naples in the Time of Masaniello
  • 1. Conditions of the City and the Kingdom
  • 2. An Odious Gabella
  • II. A Job for Masaniello
  • The Revolt Begins
  • 1. The Fire at the House of the Gabella della frutta
  • 2. Black Bread
  • 3. Abolish the Gabelle
  • 4. At the Prisons
  • III. Portrait
  • 1. "As Spirited and Vivacious as a Person Could Be"
  • 2. The Mother Sold "Toccati"...
  • 3. Misfortunes and Pastimes
  • 4. "All Riled Up"
  • IV. The First "Successes"
  • 1. A New Scenario
  • 2. To Arms
  • 3. The Fires
  • V. Among the Great
  • 1 Letting it Happen
  • 2. "Capitan Generale"
  • VI. A Plot and the Death of Peppe Carafa
  • 1. Project
  • 2. "And I am Aniello the Butcher"
  • 3. Absolute Power
  • 4. Off with the Cloaks and Other Orders
  • 5. The Angel and the Devil
  • VII. The Visit to the Palace
  • Thursday (Day 11)
  • 1. The Food Supply
  • 2. With the Dottori
  • 3. The Ceremony in the Church and the Cavalcade
  • VIII. A Day of "Justice"
  • Friday (Day 12)
  • 1. The Plebeians Seen Up Close
  • IX. The Oath of the Duke of Arcos
  • Saturday (Day 13)
  • 1. I am Nothing
  • X. The Excursion to Posillipo
  • 1. Giraffi's Lies
  • XI. Epilogue
  • 1. The Death of Marco Vitale and Masaniello's Attempted Flight
  • 2. His Final Salute
  • 3. "'Make way, make way, for the Signora Duchess of the Sardines!'"
  • 4. Letters: Thanks to God...
  • 5. The Bite of the Tarantula
  • XII. The Funeral
  • XIII. The Judgments of Those Who Knew the Most
  • Part II A Brief History of a Myth
  • XIV. A Voice During the Revolt
  • 1. The First Phase
  • 2. The Double Game of the Duke of Guise
  • 3. Woe betide the Vanquished
  • 4. Meanwhile, at Venice
  • 5. The Plague and the Anti-Christ
  • XV. European Stage Plays
  • 1. In England
  • 2. In the American Colonies
  • 3. The United Provinces
  • 4. In Germany
  • XVI. The Eighteenth Century: People and Plebeians
  • 1. It Is Not a Miracle...
  • 2. A Hero Sui Generis
  • 3. Modene's beneficent influence
  • 4. In France
  • 5. For the Parthenopean Republic
  • XVII. An Italian Hero during the Risorgimento
  • 1. General Considerations
  • 2. Against the Foreigners
  • 3. La Muette de Portici
  • 4. In Naples
  • 5. A Daring Biography: Alexandre Dumas
  • 6. For the Unity of Italy
  • 7. The First Romantic Plays
  • 8. 1848
  • 9. Masaniello from the Opposing Side
  • 10. The Masaniello of the Democrats
  • 11. Garibaldi at the Opera Masaniello
  • 12. Between Naples and Italy: A difficult Mediation
  • 13. In Honour of the Illustrious Patriot
  • 14. On the Trail of the True Masaniello
  • XVIII. Part of Naples
  • 1 The Plebs of Masaniello
  • 2. The Refusal of Tragedy
  • 3. Masaniello-Pulcinella
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index