Great War, patriotism, manliness. The case of Giuseppe Salvemini’s diary Cover Image

Grande guerra, patriottismo, maschilità. Il caso del diario di Giuseppe Salvemini
Great War, patriotism, manliness. The case of Giuseppe Salvemini’s diary

Author(s): Patrizia Gabrielli
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: diaries; memories; World War I; Great War;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with memories of Giuseppe Salvemini (1897–1918), a young Italian lieutenant during the World War I (Great War) and shows the culture of war diaries and memoirs from that time in Italy. Salvemini’s diary, published in 2015, won the Prize of the Italian National Diary Archive Foundation: Premio Pieve Saverio Tutino.

  • Issue Year: 16/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 227-239
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Italian