| The Italian in Modernity Subjects: Italy -- Civilization; National characteristics Italian; Italy in literature; Italian Americans; Italian Americans in motion pictures; In this study, Robert Casillo and John Paul Russo look at both Italy and Italian America to explore the paradoxical representation of Italy as the originator of modernity that has resisted many modern tendencies. Casillo Robert : Robert Casillo is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Miami.Russo John Paul : John Paul Russo is a professor in the Departments of English and Classics at the University of Miami. |