Download or read book La badessa di Castro written by Stendhal (Henri-Marie Beyle) and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-29 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "La badessa di Castro" è una novella scritta da Stendhal (pseudonimo di Marie-Henri Beyle) nel 1839, ma pubblicata postumamente nel 1841. Questa opera breve è una storia d'amore ambientata in Italia durante il XVII secolo. La trama ruota attorno all'amore proibito tra la protagonista, la giovane e bellissima principessa Cristina di Belgiojoso, e il nobile Ferdinando Gualtieri. Quest'ultimo è un giovane aristocratico che, intrappolato in una situazione di interesse familiare e politico, viene costretto a entrare nel convento di Castro sotto falso nome e a farsi passare per una donna, sottoponendosi a una serie di travestimenti. La badessa del convento di Castro, suor Teresa, scopre il segreto di Ferdinando, ma invece di svelarlo, intraprende una relazione amorosa con lui. Questa relazione segreta, insieme a una serie di intrecci amorosi e politici, costituisce il cuore del racconto. La badessa di Castro rappresenta una figura complessa e ambivalente, che oscilla tra la passione e la pietà religiosa, mentre i personaggi principali vivono una storia d'amore segreta e tormentata. La novella esplora temi come l'amore, il desiderio, la religione e le convenzioni sociali, offrendo una prospettiva critica sulle restrizioni imposte alle emozioni umane dalla società e dalla religione (Aonia edizioni).

Download or read book The Borgia Family written by Jennifer Mara DeSilva and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Borgia Family: Rumor and Representation explores the historical and cultural structures that underpin the early modern Borgia family, their notoriety, and persistence and reinvention in the popular imagination. The book balances studies focusing on early modern observations of the Borgias and studies deconstructing later incarnations on the stage, on the page, on the street, and on the screen. It reveals how contemporary observers, later authors and artists, and generations of historians reinforced and perpetuated both rumor and reputation, ultimately contributing to the Borgia Black Legend and its representations. Focused on the deeds and posthumous reputations of Pope Alexander VI and his children, Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, the volume charts the choices made by the family and contextualizes them amid contemporary expectations and reactions. Extending beyond their deaths, it also investigates how the Borgias became emblems of anti-Catholic and anti-Spanish criticism in the later early modern period and their residing reputation as the best and worst of the Renaissance. Exploring a spectrum of traditional and modern media, The Borgia Family contextualizes both Borgia deeds and their modern representations to analyze the family’s continuing history and meaning in the twenty-first century. It will be of great interest to researchers and students working on interdisciplinary aspects of the Renaissance and early modern Italy.

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Download or read book A Criminal Hero written by Pasquale Palmieri and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1757, the Augustinian friar Leopoldo di San Pasquale was tried in Naples by the hierarchies of his own religious order on charges of financial fraud, heresy, and sexual immorality. He responded by accusing the heads of the convent of subjecting him to a series of inhuman cruelties, claiming to have been "buried alive". While waiting for a final judgment (it was pronounced seven years later, in 1764), the trial of Leopoldo di San Pasquale became a cultural phenomenon unlike any witnessed before in Naples. Cumulatively, reactions to the trial, both during and after it, broke the boundaries separating chronicle and literary fiction, engaged people’s faculties of reason and emotion, and ultimately transformed Leopoldo into a public spectacle—or what we might call today a “celebrity.” Focusing on the scandalous affair of the "buried alive", this book shows how the governing authorities in Naples managed the development of news and stories around current events through their systems of courts and bureaucracies. It also aims to demonstrate how, just as importantly, consumers played an increasing in the spread of information, as means to political empowerment. The sources analyzed call for a microhistorical analysis, as well as for an interdisciplinary discussion with media studies at its conceptual core. A Criminal Hero will appeal to students and scholars alike interested in microhistory, cultural history, media history, history of literature, social and political history, with a focus on the eighteenth century.

Download or read book Obituaries in the Performing Arts 2018 written by Harris M. Lentz III and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entertainment world lost many notable talents in 2018, including movie icon Burt Reynolds, "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin, celebrity chef and food critic Anthony Bourdain, bestselling novelist Anita Shreve and influential Chicago blues artist Otis Rush. Obituaries of actors, filmmakers, musicians, producers, dancers, composers, writers, animals and others associated with the performing arts who died in 2018 are included. Date, place and cause of death are provided for each, along with a career recap and a photograph. Filmographies are given for film and television performers.

Download or read book Nuns in Popular Culture written by Marcus K. Harmes and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-08-08 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Films and television programs about nuns (women in a religious order) are among the most successful and popular we watch, from old favorites like The Sound of Music to recent smash hits like Call the Midwife and Mrs. Davis. This new collection studies the fascinating and often controversial ways nuns have been portrayed in popular media, such as warriors, career women, and agents of supernatural horror. Specialist contributors in popular culture study more than a century of works from around the globe in genres as diverse as musicals, horror films, and even heavy metal music videos.

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Download or read book Italian Gothic Horror Films 1970 1979 written by Roberto Curti and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italian Gothic horror films of the 1970s were influenced by the violent giallo movies and adults-only comics of the era, resulting in a graphic approach to the genre. Stories often featured over-the-top violence and nudity and pushed the limits of what could be shown on the screen. The decade marked the return of specialist directors like Mario Bava, Riccardo Freda and Antonio Margheriti, and the emergence of new talents such as Pupi Avati (The House with the Laughing Windows) and Francesco Barilli (The Perfume of the Lady in Black). The author examines the Italian Gothic horror of the period, providing previously unpublished details and production data taken from official papers, original scripts and interviews with filmmakers, scriptwriters and actors. Entries include complete cast and crew lists, plot summaries, production history and analysis. An appendix covers Italian made-for-TV films and mini-series.

Download or read book The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film written by Alan Goble and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book LES ENFANTS PRODIGE written by Lilli Maria Trizio and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due adolescenti molto dotati intellettualmente vivono la loro storia d'amore in mezzo alla natura. Presi dalla profondità del sentimento, lasciano le rispettive famiglie e vanno a vivere in una casa al mare. Desiderano una vita più semplice di quella dei loro genitori. Non accettano aiuti in denaro e si industriano, con successo, riparando televisori e computer. Tra lo splendore del bosco, l'azzurro del mare e i tramonti sulla spiaggia, il sentimento diventa sempre più intenso, assoluto. A ben guardare, la natura che li circonda si rivela però matrigna, inquinata; il figlio che avranno porterà i segni di quest'ambiente malato. LILLI MARIA TRIZIO nata a Bari, ha vissuto moltissimi anni a Roma e adesso è tornata nella sua terra natia. Autrice prevalentemente di teatro ha scritto anche romanzi e racconti.

Download or read book Spaghetti Nightmares written by Luca M. Palmerini and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a forty year journey through Italian horror films. This book grants producers, directors, screenwriters, make-up artists, and actors an opportunity to express their views and opinions, as well as their personal hopes and disappointments through a series of fascinating interviews. Includes an extensive filmography of Italian films plus numerous rare and uncensored stills from the filmmakers themselves.