William Stillman: championing Crispi in late Victorian Britain

Autor:	David Laven
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Cultural Studies History Sociology and Political Science Anthropology Contempt Biography History of Italy Classics
Zdroj:	Modern Italy. 22:355-370
ISSN:	1469-9877 1353-2944
DOI:	10.1017/mit.2017.54
Popis:	Christopher Duggan made extensive use of the correspondence of the AmericanTimesjournalist William James Stillman in writing his important biography of Francesco Crispi. This article focuses on Stillman’s published works that deal with the Italian statesman, principally his 1898 history of Italy since 1815, the first and only English-language biography of Crispi until Duggan’s, and the journalist’s own autobiography. It argues that, despite Stillman’s much vaunted love for Italy, he in fact despised most Italians, and saw in Crispi’s virtues a rejection of typical Italian conduct. While Stillman was extreme but not altogether unusual among British and American commentators on Italy in his passionate support for Crispi, his contempt for Italians was surprisingly widespread among late Victorian observers of the new nation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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