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Article: Jeanne Chenault Porter, ed. and intro. Baroque Naples: A Documentary History, 1600-1800.(Book Review)
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- September 22, 2002
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New York: Italica Press, 2000.
In his "Foreword" to Jeanne Chenault Porter's anthology of Neapolitan sourcewritings, Baroque Naples: A Documentary History, 1600-1800, Ronald G. Musto explains the neglect Naples has suffered as a historical subject in the United States in terms of the city's connection to a particularly problematic period: "Naples, long associated with the glory of the Baroque, shared the disdain of much of the twentieth century for its style and ethic" (xvii). Musto thus traces historians' apparent indifference towards Naples to a "style" that is at odds with modern sensibilities, and one with which the city is preeminently identified. The recent ...
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