From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana : : A Brief History of Italian Studies at Columbia University /

From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana : : A Brief History of Italian Studies at Columbia University / / Barbara Faedda.

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 culture, t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
VerfasserIn:
Faedda, Barbara,
MitwirkendeR:
Blasio, Bill de,
Coatsworth, John H.,
Varricchio, Armando,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Columbiana
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 40 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • FOREWORD
  • FOREWORD
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. The Dawn of Italian Studies at Columbia University: Lorenzo Da Ponte (1825-1838)
  • 2. After Da Ponte: Eleuterio Felice Foresti and His Successors (1838-1911)
  • 3. The Casa Italiana: The Realization of an Ambitious Dream (1920s)
  • 4. Giuseppe 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 by Meredith Levin
  • Appendix B: Anatomy of the Casa Italiana's Façade by Francesco Benelli
  • Appendix C: The Casa Italiana Educational Bureau: A Research "Fact-Finding Institution" Studying the Italian-American Community by Javier Grossutti
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes

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