Lc Classification Number
Pq4063.I885 1996
Reviews
"This collection is a good and discriminating introduction to the bibliography on women writers. It is well researched and argued with intelligence. It will be undoubtedly useful in undergraduate and graduate courses to give students a wider view of Italian literature and culture." -Stefania Buccini, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "This collection is a good and discriminating introduction to the bibliography on women writers. It is well researched and argued with intelligence. It will be undoubtedly useful in undergraduate and graduate courses to give students a wider view of Italian literature and culture." --Stefania Buccini,University of Wisconsin-Madison, &"This collection is a good and discriminating introduction to the bibliography on women writers. It is well researched and argued with intelligence. It will be undoubtedly useful in undergraduate and graduate courses to give students a wider view of Italian literature and culture.&" &-Stefania Buccini, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "This collection is a good and discriminating introduction to the bibliography on women writers. It is well researched and argued with intelligence. It will be undoubtedly useful in undergraduate and graduate courses to give students a wider view of Italian literature and culture." --Stefania Buccini, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Table of Content
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
Copyright Date
1996
Topic
Women Authors, General, Women's Studies, European / Italian
Lccn
95-014888
Dewey Decimal
850.9/9287
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
20
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science
