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From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana : A Brief History of Italian Studies at Columbia University / Barbara Faedda.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ColumbianaPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource : 40 illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231185936
  • 9780231546409
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 945.0071/17471 23
LOC classification:
  • DG465.82.U6 F34 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- FOREWORD -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Dawn of Italian Studies at Columbia University: Lorenzo Da Ponte (1825-1838) -- 2. After Da Ponte: Eleuterio Felice Foresti and His Successors (1838-1911) -- 3. The Casa Italiana: The Realization of an Ambitious Dream (1920s) -- 4. Giuseppe Prezzolini, Controversial Casa Director, and World War II (1930s and 1940s) -- Appendix A: From Lorenzo Da Ponte to Charles V. Paterno: Libri Italiani at Columbia University by Meredith Levin -- Appendix B: Anatomy of the Casa Italiana's Façade by Francesco Benelli -- Appendix C: The Casa Italiana Educational Bureau: A Research "Fact-Finding Institution" Studying the Italian-American Community by Javier Grossutti -- Acknowledgments -- Notes
Summary: The Casa Italiana-a neo-Renaissance palazzo located on Amsterdam Avenue near 117th Street-has been the most important expression of the Italian presence on Columbia University's campus since its construction in 1927. As a site of interdisciplinary scholarship and promotion of Italian culture, the Casa Italiana has made a substantial contribution to the academic study of Italy in America and the understanding of Italian cultural identity abroad. Celebrating the Casa's ninetieth anniversary, From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana documents and recounts the history of the individuals, both Italian and American, who contributed to the formation of Columbia University's rich tradition of Italian studies.Barbara Faedda's succinct yet detailed historical survey begins at the dawn of Italian studies at Columbia with Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's witty librettist who became the charismatic founder of the New York Metropolitan Opera and Columbia's first professor of Italian. Covering figures such as the former revolutionary Eleuterio Felice Foresti, Faedda elucidates the complex and often controversial dimensions of the Casa's history, highlighting protagonists such as the talented but equivocal Giuseppe Prezzolini and Columbia's president Nicholas M. Butler, as well as Italian-American students and community members. The Casa played a significant role in U.S.-Italian relations from its foundation, and at one point it came under fire, accused of ties to Mussolini and pro-Fascist leanings. Synthesizing archival documents with the work of historians, From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana tells the compelling stories of the Casa and several of its leading figures, whose influence on the university can still be felt today.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- FOREWORD -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Dawn of Italian Studies at Columbia University: Lorenzo Da Ponte (1825-1838) -- 2. After Da Ponte: Eleuterio Felice Foresti and His Successors (1838-1911) -- 3. The Casa Italiana: The Realization of an Ambitious Dream (1920s) -- 4. Giuseppe Prezzolini, Controversial Casa Director, and World War II (1930s and 1940s) -- Appendix A: From Lorenzo Da Ponte to Charles V. Paterno: Libri Italiani at Columbia University by Meredith Levin -- Appendix B: Anatomy of the Casa Italiana's Façade by Francesco Benelli -- Appendix C: The Casa Italiana Educational Bureau: A Research "Fact-Finding Institution" Studying the Italian-American Community by Javier Grossutti -- Acknowledgments -- Notes

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The Casa Italiana-a neo-Renaissance palazzo located on Amsterdam Avenue near 117th Street-has been the most important expression of the Italian presence on Columbia University's campus since its construction in 1927. As a site of interdisciplinary scholarship and promotion of Italian culture, the Casa Italiana has made a substantial contribution to the academic study of Italy in America and the understanding of Italian cultural identity abroad. Celebrating the Casa's ninetieth anniversary, From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana documents and recounts the history of the individuals, both Italian and American, who contributed to the formation of Columbia University's rich tradition of Italian studies.Barbara Faedda's succinct yet detailed historical survey begins at the dawn of Italian studies at Columbia with Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's witty librettist who became the charismatic founder of the New York Metropolitan Opera and Columbia's first professor of Italian. Covering figures such as the former revolutionary Eleuterio Felice Foresti, Faedda elucidates the complex and often controversial dimensions of the Casa's history, highlighting protagonists such as the talented but equivocal Giuseppe Prezzolini and Columbia's president Nicholas M. Butler, as well as Italian-American students and community members. The Casa played a significant role in U.S.-Italian relations from its foundation, and at one point it came under fire, accused of ties to Mussolini and pro-Fascist leanings. Synthesizing archival documents with the work of historians, From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana tells the compelling stories of the Casa and several of its leading figures, whose influence on the university can still be felt today.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)