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The Document within the walls. The Romance of Bassani. 
2nd revised ed. THE DOCUMENT WITHIN THE WALLS. THE ROMANCE OF BASSANI
2nd revised ed.
Troubador Publishing, Leics, 2004
(ISBN 1 899293 66 3, Troubador Italian Studies, £9.99 / $13.99)


 

Contents

  Acknowledgements
  Preface Ada Neiger
 
  INTRODUCTION
 
1. THE ROMANCE OF HISTORY
 
1. The Life and the Romance
2. The History of the Romance
3. A Historical Narrative
 
2. BENEVOLENCE AND BETRAYAL
 
1. The myth of the Good Italian
2. The Counter-myth of the Italian Diffidence
3. Ferrara: a Microcosm of Fascism
 
3. THE DOCUMENT BY BASSANI
 
1. Reading through History
1.1 A Documented Case
1.2 A Jewish Picture of Ferrara
1.3 The Stages of Assimilation
1.4 The Anti-Semitism Behind the Door
1.5 Refusal and Rejection
2. A Literary Strategy
2.1 The Antifascist Style
2.2 The Symbols of Distance
2.3 The Symbol of Deception
3. The Shaping of Memory
3.1 A Conscience in Progress
3.2 Hinting at the Absent
3.3 A Document of Ambiguity
4. Conclusion
 
  Afterword Stefano Zampieri
  Bibliography
  Notes


 

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