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Action or contemplation?
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Action or contemplation?
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the politics of art in fin de siècle Italy
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Borelli
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Elena
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1977-
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Elena Borelli
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Paola
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Paola Gambarota
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chair
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Vettori
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Alessandro
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Alessandro Vettori
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internal member
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Baldi
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Andrea
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Andrea Baldi
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internal member
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Havely
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Nicholas
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Nicholas Havely
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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theses
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2012
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2012-10
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eng
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My dissertation narrates how artists and writers in fin de siècle Italy restaged the dilemma of action and contemplation in order to understand the nature and function of humanistic knowledge and the role of the man of letters in the increasingly modern society of the newly unified Italian nation. In Italy, at the turn of the twentieth century, two models prevailed, that of the aesthete, devoted to the cult of Beauty, and that of the engaged intellectual, who supported the revival of nationalism. I argue that the problem of the intellectual's role in society had not only a political dimension, but also an ethical and an aesthetic one, inasmuch as it involved a reflection on the moral utility of art and literature and on the process behind artistic creation. In addition, I show that the two models of conduct, action and contemplation, are not radically opposed, but rather inextricably entwined, as they both represent attempts to negotiate a function for the man of letters in modernity. Thus, my dissertation sheds light on the relationship between late nineteenth century Aestheticism and modern nationalism. The dilemma discussed in this thesis provides insight into similar issues of the present day as we continue to debate the utility of humanistic knowledge in our post-modern society.
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Italian
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iv, 229 p.
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Ph.D.
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by Elena Borelli
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Art--Philosophy
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Aesthetics, Modern--19th century
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Humanism--Italy--History--19th century
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Humanism in literature
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Humanism in art
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Nationalism--Italy--History--19th century
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001600001.ETD.000067025
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3XW4HJB
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Borelli
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Elena
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2012-08-30 11:35:03
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Elena Borelli
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Rutgers University. Graduate School - New Brunswick
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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