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US Literature and Italian Culture: A Long Romance (1763-1980)

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Giorcelli C.
Review of International American Studies
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2017
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vol. 10
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issue 2
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Cristina GiorcelliUniversity of Rome IIIItaly US Literature and Italian Culture: A Long Romance (1763-1980)This paper attempts to point out the powerful insights and the spirit of adventure of the US literature in the Italian culture, that were sometimes manifested by Italian critics and publishers alike, from (roughly) the end of the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. Today, the great US literary masterpieces are, by and large, part of the Italian heritage, as indicated by the many translations, scholarly books and intelligent, innovative essays that keep being produced and published.
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Walls that Bridge; or, What We Can Learn from the Roman Walls

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Mariani G.
Review of International American Studies
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2018
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vol. 11
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issue 1
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Giorgio MarianiUniversity of Rome “La Sapienza” ItalyWalls that Bridge; or, What We Can Learn from the Roman Walls Abstract: When, during the latest US electoral campaign, Pope Francis criticized Trump’s idea of building a wall between Mexico and the US, reiterating his favorite  point that “we do not need to build walls, but bridges,” the Trump camp retorted that the Pope lives in a city state surrounded by walls, in a city itself surrounded by other walls dating back to ancient Roman times. Why wasn't he concerned with those walls? As one can see, even though Roman walls have completely lost their original function and survive mainly as tourist sites, they also remain powerful political and cultural symbols. The scope of this essay is to offer, from the perspective of an Americanist who was born and raised in Rome, some comparative reflections on  what we can learn today from the history of Roman walls, as well as from their symbolic afterlives.Keywords: Roman walls, walls as rhetoric, US literature, walls as bridges, walls as dividers
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