Gabriele D'Annunzio and Italy's Renaissance (Italian and Italian American Studies)
Europe (histoire), Critiques
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Résumé
This book examines how Gabriele D&’Annunzio (1863–1938) reimagined the Renaissance as a metaphor for Italy&’s national rebirth. Rather than a nostalgic revival, the Renaissance became, in his hands, a future-oriented ideological project that served as the backbone of his ethnonationalist… worldview. Tracing how modernist temporality intersects with historical mythmaking and nationalist discourse, the book positions D&’Annunzio within broader European debates on decadence, modernity, and regeneration. It also reconsiders his role as a public intellectual whose mythmaking shaped Italy&’s cultural identity and modern ambitions. By highlighting the strategic mobilization of tradition, this study assesses the significance of D&’Annunzio&’s Renaissance ideology within the cultural politics of European modernism. In an era of resurgent far-right ideologies and nationalist imaginaries across Europe and beyond, revisiting figures like D&’Annunzio is essential to understanding how historical myths have shaped past political narratives and continue to influence those of the present.