The pike : Gabriele d'Annunzio, poet, seducer and preacher of war
Hughes-Hallett, Lucy2013
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In September 1919 Gabriele D'Annunzio, successful poet and occasional politician, declared himself Commandante of the city of Fiume in modern day Croatia. His intention - to establish a utopian state based on his fascist and artistic ideals. It was a fittingly dramatic pinnacle to an outrageous career. Lucy Hughes-Hallett charts the controversial life of D'Annunzio, the debauched artist who became a military and national hero. His evolution from idealist Romantic to radical right-wing revolutionary is a political parable.
Main title:
The pike : Gabriele d'Annunzio, poet, seducer and preacher of war / Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
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Imprint:
London : Fourth Estate, c2013.
Collation:
694 p. : ill., ports., map ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780007213955 (hbk)
Dewey class:
851.8920 D'ANN
Language:
English
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BRN:
804446
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