Italian Women Writers from the Renaissance to the Present

Name: Italian Women Writers from the Renaissance to the Present
Brand: Pennsylvania State University Press
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By Maria Marotti

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Contents Introduction Revising the Canon: Italian Women Writers/Maria O. Marotti Part I: Canon Formation/Canon Revision 1. Women Writers and the Canon in Contemporary Italy/JoAnn Cannon 2. From One Closet to Another? Feminism, Literary Archaeology, and the Canon/Beverly Allen 3. Italian "Difference Theory": A New Canon?/Renate Holub Part II: Renaissance Women: Rethinking the Canon 4. Renaissance Women Defending Women: Arguments Against Patriarchy/Constance Jordan 5. Selling the Self, or the Epistolary Production of Renaissance Courtesans/Fiora A. Bassanese Part III: At the Turn of the Century: Women Writers at the Margins of the Canon 6. Double Marginality: Matilde Serao and the Politics of Ambiguity/Nancy Harrowitz 7. The Diaries of Sibilla Aleramo: Constructing Female Subjectivity/Bernadette Luciano 8. Narrative Voice and the Regional Experience: Redefining Female Images in the Works of Maria Messina/Elise Magistro Part IV: Contemporary Women Writers: Toward a New Canon 9. Brushing Benjamin Against the Grain: Elsa Morante and the Jetzeit of Marginal History/Maurizia Boscagli 10. From Genealogy to Gynealogy and Beyond: Fausta Cialente's Le Quattro Ragazze Wieselberger/Graziella Parati 11. Ethnic Matriarchy: Fabrizia Ramondino's Neapolitan World/Maria Ornella Marotti 12. Mythic Revisionism: Women Poets and Philosophers in Italy Today/Lucia Re Part V: Women as Filmmakers: Images of Women/Images by Women/Images for Women 13. Monica Vitti: The Image and the Word/Marga Cottino-Jones 14. Signifying the Holocaust: Liliana Cavani's Portiere di notte/Marguerite Waller

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 296
Release Date:: 1991-12-31
Publication Date:: 1996-01-01
Publisher:: Pennsylvania State University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0271024879
ISBN13:: 9780271024875
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 484 g
Height:: 152 cm
Width:: 229 cm
Thickness:: 18 cm

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