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# 72 •nOvemBER 16 , 2015
On top of a very famous palace in Rome, there
is a popular line “A people made of artists, poets, saints, philosophers, scientists and sailors”. The
line, thought to celebrate the “Italian Civilization,”
remarkably summarizes how often the Italians are
seen, and this not necessarily in a positive sense.
While this statement does emphasize our most relevant excellence in the arts, it is often misleading
and misinterpreted. The myth of today wishes to
address one stereotype in particular, “the land of
poets” and how it is often perceived abroad and
outside the literary Italian community.
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