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[email protected] (RE)FORMING ITALIANS: CHILDREN‟S LITERATURE IN ITALY, 1929-1939 by Marisa Giorgi A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Comparative Literature in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York 2012 Marisa Giorgi ii © 2012 MARISA GIORGI All Rights Reserved Marisa Giorgi iii This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Comparative Literature in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Eugenia Paulicelli _______________ ______________________________ Date Chair of Examining Committee André Aciman _______________ _______________________________ Date Executive Officer Giancarlo Lombardi__________________________________ Paolo Fasoli_________________________________________ Ruth Ben-Ghiat______________________________________ Supervisory Committee THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Marisa Giorgi iv Abstract (RE)FORMING ITALIANS: CHILDREN‟S LITERATURE IN ITALY, 1929-1939 by Marisa Giorgi Adviser: Eugenia Paulicelli My dissertation argues for the centrality of children‟s literature under Fascism as a tool to bring about the ultimate goal of forming the “new” Italian. This project examines the relationship between children‟s literature, the creation of culture and the transmission of ideology in Fascist Italy.