Studies in the Latin Literature and Epigraphy of Italian Fascism

First collected volume dealing with the use of Latin under Fascism

This book deals with the use of Latin as a literary and epigraphic language under Italian Fascism (1922–1943). The myth of Rome lay at the heart of Italian Fascist ideology, and the ancient language of Rome, too, played an important role in the regime’s cultural politics. This collection deepens our understanding of ‘Fascist Latinity’, presents a range of previously little-known material, and opens up a number of new avenues of research. The chapters explore the pivotal role of Latin in constructing a link between ancient Rome and Fascist Italy; the different social and cultural contexts in which Latin texts functioned in the ventennio fascista; and the way in which ‘Fascist Latinity’ relied on, and manipulated, the ‘myth of Rome’ of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Italy.

Contributors: William Barton (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies), Xavier van Binnebeke (KU Leuven), Paolo Fedeli (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro), Han Lamers (University of Oslo), Johanna Luggin (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies), Antonino Nastasi (Rome), Bettina Reitz-Joosse (University of Groningen), Dirk Sacré (KU Leuven), Valerio Sanzotta (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies), Wolfgang Strobl (Toblach).

— List of Illustrations — List of Abbreviations — Han Lamers, Bettina Reitz-Joosse, and Valerio Sanzotta, Introduction: Studies in the Latin Literature and Epigraphy of Italian Fascism — Dirk Sacré, Die neulateinische Literatur in Mussolinis Italien: Eine Einführung — Paolo Fedeli, Uso e abuso della poesia di Orazio nelle odi al Duce e al fascismo — William M. Barton, Pastoral and the Italian Landscape in the ventennio fascista: Natural Themes in the Latin Poetry of F. Sofia Alessio, G. Mazza, and L. Illuminati — Johanna Luggin, Imperium iam tandem Italiae restitutum est. Lateinische Übersetzungen der Reden Mussolinis zum faschistischen Imperium — Wolfgang Strobl, In honorem et memoriam fortissimorum virorum… Zur präfaschistischen und faschistischen Biografie einer Römischen Inschrift — Antonino Nastasi, L’epigrafia in latino negli anni del fascismo. L’uso dei classici tra continuità e fratture — Dirk Sacré, The Certamen Hoeufftianum During the ventennio fascista: An Exploration (With Unpublished Poems by Vittorio Genovesi and Giuseppe Favaro)
Instrumentum bibliographicum — Xavier van Binnebeke, Hoeufft’s Legacy: Neo-Latin Poetry in the Archive of the Certamen PoeticumHoeufftianum (1923-1943) — Bibliography — General Index

Han Lamers

Han Lamers is professor of Classics at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, and the History of Art and Ideas of the University of Oslo.

Bettina Reitz-Joosse

Bettina Reitz-Joosse is associate professor of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Groningen.

Valerio Sanzotta

Valerio Sanzotta is key researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies in Innsbruck.