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«Io non accuso, non giudico; spiego»: Napoleone III negli scritti di Tommaseo
2021
The essay analyzes the political evaluation of Niccolò Tommaseo on the role played by Napoleon III in the path of Italian unification. In this sense, the issues concerning the relationship between the Church and the nascent Italian state are particularly interesting, especially as regards political theories and relations between European nations.
"Le jeu est tellement un vice humain..." : le jeu et les joueurs dans les chroniques zoliennes
2016
Émile Zola’s journalistic production, such as chronicles, reportages, polemic texts, etc., was created during a few decades parallelly to his fictional writings. Its subject is often social leisure, including gambling, officially banned in France of the Second Empire but practiced secretly by the social elites and the middle class. Zola describes some places where clandestine gambling games are organized, as well as the gamblers’ behavior. Considering the entire Second Empire regime as a huge gambling house, the author underlines the role of horse racing and stock exchange operations as legał ways of wagering. Zolas particular sense of humor contributes to his chronicles’ documentary and an…