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Gabriele d'Annunzio : poet, seducer and preacher of war / Lucy Hughes-Hallett.

by Hughes-Hallett, Lucy.

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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938.

D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938 -- Political and social views.

Nationalists -- Italy -- Biography.

Poets, Italian -- 20th century -- Biography.

Fascism -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.

Militarism -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.

Politics and literature -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.

World War, 1914-1918 -- Territorial questions -- Croatia -- Rijeka.

Italy -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945.

Rijeka (Croatia) -- History -- 20th century.

viii, 589 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

First United States edition.

Part One. Ecce Homo -- The Pike -- Sightings -- Six Months -- Part Two. Streams -- Worship -- Glory -- Liebestod -- Homeland -- Youth -- Nobility -- Beauty -- Elitism -- Martyrdom -- Sickness -- The Sea -- Decadence -- Blood -- Fame -- Superman -- Virility -- Eloquence -- Cruelty -- Life -- Drama -- Scenes from a Life -- Speed -- Kaleidoscope -- The Dogs of War -- Part Three. War and Peace -- War -- Peace -- The City of the Holocaust -- The Fifth Season -- Clausura.

A profile of the controversial Italian poet and nationalist is set against a backdrop of Italy's transition from Romantic idealism to fascism and war and includes coverage of such topics as his contradictory literary subjects and status as a role model for Mussolini.

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