Gabriele d'Annunzio

By Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Subjects: Biography, Politics and government, Territorial questions, Politics and literature, World War, 1914-1918, Nationalists, Authors, biography, Italy, politics and government, Croatia, history, D'annunzio, gabriele, 1863-1938, Fascism, italy, Nationalism, europe, Fascism, New York Times reviewed, Militarism, World war, 1914-1918, territorial questions, History, Italian Poets, Political and social views

Description: A profile of the controversial Italian poet and nationalist is set against a backdrop of Italy's transition from Romantic idealism to fascism and war and includes coverage of such topics as his contradictory literary subjects and status as a role model for Mussolini.