UID:
almafu_9958352892902883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442619753
Series Statement:
Toronto Italian Studies
Content:
Combining close textual readings with a broad theoretical perspective, this book is a study of the ways in which gender shapes the characters and narratives of seven important Italian novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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1. “A Somewhat Unusual Nun”: Writing Gender in I promessi sposi --
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2. The Epistemology of the Young Woman: Analysis and Revelation in Three Fin-de-siècle Novels --
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3. The Mule and the Ghost: Gender, Realism, and the Fantastic in Giovanni Verga and Marchesa Colombi --
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4. Intellectual Experiments: The Philosopher and the Housewife --
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5. A Poetics of Rejection: Elsa Morante and the Gender of the Real --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Works Cited --
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Index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781442619753
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442619753
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