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The
View From Vesuvius by Professor Moe Is Reviewed by The
Times Literary Supplement
 New
York, N.Y. —The View From Vesuvius by Nelson Moe,
Associate Professor of Italian, was reviewed by the prestigious
Times Literary Supplement (TLS). The book, which was
published in July 2002, has garnered critical acclaim from
a variety of sources.
In his TLS review, Christopher Duggan wrote that the
book, "is an important contribution to the impressive
body of revisionist literature on southern Italy."
Called a "tour de force exploration" of the "Southern
Question," Moe’s work received the Modern Language
Association of America’s Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication
Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies.
"This may well be the most complete and fascinating historical
investigation of the myths and stereotypes through which European
elites have observed and judged the south of Italy in the
modern era," commented Piero Bevilacqua of the University
of Rome.
The View From Vesuvius examines how Italy’s southern
regions changed in the late 19th century and how stereotypes
of northern superiority versus southern barbarism have affected
political and social relations within the country. Moe examines
a range of texts and visual representations including travel
writing, political discourse, literary texts, and etchings
to illuminate the imaginative geography that shaped the divide
between north and south.
Moe is a graduate of Wesleyan University and earned his Ph.D.
from Johns Hopkins University. He joined the Barnard faculty
in 2001.
Moe specializes in 19th and 20th century Italian culture studies,
with a focus on representations of the south and problems
of national identity. He has received a Fulbright Fellowship
in Naples and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities
and the Lurcy Foundation.
Contact:
Petra Tuomi, Public Affairs, 212-854-7907
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