Studies in the Latin Literature and Epigraphy of Italian Fascism PDF

Edited by Lamers Han Lamers, Reitz-Joosse Bettina Reitz-Joosse, Sanzotta Valerio Sanzotta

Part of the Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia series

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Firstcollected volume dealing with the use of Latin under Fascism

This book deals withthe use of Latin as a literary and epigraphic language under Italian Fascism(1922â€“1943). The myth of Rome lay at the heart of Italian Fascist ideology, andthe ancient language of Rome, too, played an important role in the regimeâ€™s culturalpolitics. This collection deepens our understanding of â€˜Fascist Latinityâ€™,presents a range of previously little-known material, and opens up a number ofnew avenues of research. The chapters explore the pivotal role of Latin inconstructing a link between ancient Rome and Fascist Italy; the differentsocial and cultural contexts in which Latin texts functioned in the ventennio fascista; and the way in whichâ€˜Fascist Latinityâ€™ relied on, and manipulated, the â€˜myth of Romeâ€™ of latenineteenth- and early twentieth-century Italy.

Contributors: William Barton (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-LatinStudies), Xavier van Binnebeke (KU Leuven), Paolo Fedeli (UniversitÃ degliStudi di Bari Aldo Moro), Han Lamers (University of Oslo), Johanna Luggin(Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies), Antonino Nastasi (Rome),Bettina Reitz-Joosse (University of Groningen), Dirk SacrÃ© (KU Leuven), ValerioSanzotta (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies), Wolfgang Strobl(Toblach).