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- Temporal Forms and the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- Temporal Forms and the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I “Civis Romanus Sum”
- Chapter 1 Fractal
- Chapter 2 Syncretism
- Coda to Part I La Libertà, Unchained
- Part II “We Are All Greeks”
- Part III “Kindred with the Mummy”
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Chapter 2 - Syncretism
from Part I - “Civis Romanus Sum”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2024
- Temporal Forms and the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- Temporal Forms and the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I “Civis Romanus Sum”
- Chapter 1 Fractal
- Chapter 2 Syncretism
- Coda to Part I La Libertà, Unchained
- Part II “We Are All Greeks”
- Part III “Kindred with the Mummy”
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Summary
Chapter 2 argues that syncretism, a form of eclectic union, is temporal as well as spatial. As a temporal form, syncretism consolidates historical events, daily individual experiences, and social practices onto a shared plane. This chapter analyzes syncretism in Risorgimento Florence, examining how the city adapts to serve modern Italy while maintaining its historical significance. I read Florence through the travel narratives of Susan Horner, two guidebooks (Walks in Florence, which Horner coauthored with her sister Joanna; and Mornings in Florence by John Ruskin), and a forgotten novel (Isolina, which I attribute to Susan Horner). Across these genres, syncretism emerges as a temporal form capable of defining liberty democratically so that Florence potentially serves as a model of egalitarianism internationally in response to nineteenth-century revolutions and wars.
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- Temporal Forms and the Nineteenth-Century MediterraneanWriting British Heritage in Ancient Lands, pp. 66 - 94Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024