| Description |
1 online resource (x, 190 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Toronto Italian studies
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Toronto Italian studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index. |
| Contents |
Love letters -- Literary responses -- Making connections -- Addressing women. |
| Summary |
"Women writers of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italy reinvigorated the modern epistolary novel through their re-fashioning of the genre as a tool for examining women's roles and experiences. Addressing the Letter argues that many epistolary novels purposely tie narrative structure to thematic content, creating in the process powerful texts that reflect and challenge literary and socio-cultural norms. Through the lens of the genre, Laura A. Salsini considers how the works of authors including the Marchesa Colombi, Sibilla Aleramo, Gianna Manzini, Natalia Ginzburg, and Oriana Fallaci highlight such issues as love, the loss of ideals, lack of communication and connection, and feminist ideology. She also analyses what may be the first woman-authored Italian example of epistolary fiction: Orintia Romagnuoli Sacrati's Lettere di Giulia Willet (1818). In their reworking of the epistolary narrative form, Italian women writers challenged dominant assumptions about female behaviours, roles, relationships, and sexuality in modern Italy"--Publisher description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Includes some text in Italian. |
| Subject |
Epistolary fiction, Italian -- History and criticism.
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Epistolary fiction, Italian. |
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Italian fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Italian fiction -- Women authors. |
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Italian fiction. |
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Italian fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Italian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Sex role in literature.
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Sex role in literature. |
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Women in literature.
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Women in literature. |
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Gender identity in literature.
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Gender identity in literature. |
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Women and literature -- Italy -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and literature. |
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Italy. |
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History. |
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Women and literature -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781442641655 |
| ISBN |
9781442687233 (electronic book) |
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1442687231 (electronic book) |
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9781442641655 (print) |
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1442641657 (acid-free paper) |
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