Attila and Verdi's historical imagination

Publisher： Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN： 1474-0621|21|3|241-248

ISSN： 0954-5867

Source： Cambridge Opera Journal, Vol.21, Iss.3, 2009-11, pp. : 241-248

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Abstract

This is a study of the primo ottocento Italian literary and historical vogue for conquerors and conquered peoples, and in particular how the fifth-century Attila became a paradigmatic figure to those involved with the Risorgimento, including Verdi and Solera.

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