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Neorealism and the "New" ItalyThe Discourse of Compassion During Fascism

Neorealism and the "New" Italy: The Discourse of Compassion During Fascism [This chapter provides a brief overview of the meanings of compassion during the interwar period in order to create a critical frame for examining how the attributes of neorealist representations of compassion may be differentiated. It examines Carlo Bernari’s Tre operai (Three Factory Workers, 1934), which exemplifies the “new realism” of the interwar years, and Emil Ludwig’s Colloqui con Mussolini (Interviews with Mussolini), where the Duce argues that human suffering is positive, since it prompts revolution and virtue.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Neorealism and the "New" ItalyThe Discourse of Compassion During Fascism

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
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978-1-137-54132-1
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87 –110
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10.1057/978-1-137-52416-4_10
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[This chapter provides a brief overview of the meanings of compassion during the interwar period in order to create a critical frame for examining how the attributes of neorealist representations of compassion may be differentiated. It examines Carlo Bernari’s Tre operai (Three Factory Workers, 1934), which exemplifies the “new realism” of the interwar years, and Emil Ludwig’s Colloqui con Mussolini (Interviews with Mussolini), where the Duce argues that human suffering is positive, since it prompts revolution and virtue.]

Published: Aug 21, 2016

Keywords: Factory Worker; Farm Manager; Psychological Pain; Psychological Suffering; Brown Substance

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