| Series |
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies. ^A798096
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| Contents |
Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) : scion of Rome -- Brunetto Latini (1220-1294) : preceptor of Florence -- Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) : Florentine mystic -- Caterina Sforza (1463-1509) : the lioness of Forl̐ui -- Niccol̐uo Machiavelli (1469-1527) : Florentine enigma -- Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872) : Genoese revolutionary -- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) : Nizzan freedom fighter -- Francesca Cabrini (1850-1917) : Lombardian pietist -- Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) : Pescaran chameleon -- Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) : Sardinian radical -- Salvatore Giuliano (1922-1950) : Sicilian fanatic -- Oriana Fallaci (1929-2006) : Florentine interrogator -- Giovanni Falcone (1939-1992) and Paolo Borsellino (1940-1992) : Sicilian magistrates. |
| Abstract |
"Heroism and Wisdom is an interdisciplinary work dissecting the lives, philosophies, and works of fourteen historically significant Italian figures to examine the topics of Italian history, culture, and moral psychology of notions such as practical wisdom, heroism, authenticity, honor, will to power, and leading a meaningful human life"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Belliotti, Raymond Angelo, 1948- Heroism and wisdom, Italian style Vancouver ; Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2022] 9781683933588 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2022015142 |
| ISBN | 9781683933571 |
| ISBN | 1683933575 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
