Description
A History of Women's Writing in Italy offers a comprehensive historical account of writing by women in Italy. Covering writing from the Middle Ages to the present day, it moves away from narrow definitions of literature, and brings to the reader's attention other forms of expression such as letter writing, religious and devotional writing, scholarly and philosophical essays, travel writing, and journalism. Contributors point to the considerable practical, social and ideological difficulties faced by women in writing and presenting their work to a wider reading public, but also highlight the resourcefulness and determination of women through the centuries in making their voices heard. Extensive guides to further reading and a detailed guide to more than two hundred writers form an integral part of the volume. The international team of contributors have produced a striking work of scholarship and research, which will be invaluable for students and scholars alike.
This volume offers a comprehensive account of writing by women in Italy.
About the Author
Letizia Panizza is senior lecturer in Italian at Royal Holloway College, University of London. She is a contributor to The Cambridge History of Italian Literature (1996) on Italian humanists and on the fifteenth century. In Women's Studies she has published a critical edition of Arcangela Tarabotti's Che le donne siano della spezie degli uomini (Women are no less rational than men) (1994). She is also the translator and editor of Tarabotti's Paternal Tyranny (2000), and the editor of Women in Italian Renaissance Culture and Society (1999). She is currently Visiting Professor at the University of Rome, La Sapienza. Sharon Wood is reader in Italian at Strathclyde University. She has specialised in the study of modern and contemporary narrative, with particualr reference to women's writing. She is the author of Woman as Object: Language and Gender In the Work of Alberto Moravia (1990) and Italian Women's Writing 1860-1994 (1995). In 1993 she published a critical anthology of short stories called Italian Women Writers.
Reviews
"This useful and informative volume covers writing from the Renaissance to the present...The book is a welcome addition to the growing list of titles on Italian women's writing, particularly because it includes forms of writing that are exclusively literary." Choice
"This book complements Rinaldina Russell's fine bio-bibliographical Italian Women Writers." Italian Bookshelf
"...an important addition to our knowledge of women's writing...some of the most valuable contributions are precisely those essays that discuss topics beyond the limits of conventional literary genres." Italian Quarterly
"Letizia Panizza and Sharon Wood have brilliantly edited a series of essays reappraising the rich and complex history of women's writing in Italy from the Renaissance to the present...Not only is this text a valuable contribution to the study of women's history but an indispensable introduction to the literary voices of women in Italian history." Comitatus
"A solid introduction to the writings...of women in Italy across seven centuries. This is a well-produced reference work that functions capably as a gendered literary history while concurrently providing...insightful textual analysis." Renaissance Quarterly
Book Information
ISBN 9780521578134
Author Letizia Panizza
Format Paperback
Page Count 378
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 550g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 154mm * 20mm
This volume offers a comprehensive account of writing by women in Italy.
About the Author
Letizia Panizza is senior lecturer in Italian at Royal Holloway College, University of London. She is a contributor to The Cambridge History of Italian Literature (1996) on Italian humanists and on the fifteenth century. In Women's Studies she has published a critical edition of Arcangela Tarabotti's Che le donne siano della spezie degli uomini (Women are no less rational than men) (1994). She is also the translator and editor of Tarabotti's Paternal Tyranny (2000), and the editor of Women in Italian Renaissance Culture and Society (1999). She is currently Visiting Professor at the University of Rome, La Sapienza. Sharon Wood is reader in Italian at Strathclyde University. She has specialised in the study of modern and contemporary narrative, with particualr reference to women's writing. She is the author of Woman as Object: Language and Gender In the Work of Alberto Moravia (1990) and Italian Women's Writing 1860-1994 (1995). In 1993 she published a critical anthology of short stories called Italian Women Writers.
Reviews
"This useful and informative volume covers writing from the Renaissance to the present...The book is a welcome addition to the growing list of titles on Italian women's writing, particularly because it includes forms of writing that are exclusively literary." Choice
"This book complements Rinaldina Russell's fine bio-bibliographical Italian Women Writers." Italian Bookshelf
"...an important addition to our knowledge of women's writing...some of the most valuable contributions are precisely those essays that discuss topics beyond the limits of conventional literary genres." Italian Quarterly
"Letizia Panizza and Sharon Wood have brilliantly edited a series of essays reappraising the rich and complex history of women's writing in Italy from the Renaissance to the present...Not only is this text a valuable contribution to the study of women's history but an indispensable introduction to the literary voices of women in Italian history." Comitatus
"A solid introduction to the writings...of women in Italy across seven centuries. This is a well-produced reference work that functions capably as a gendered literary history while concurrently providing...insightful textual analysis." Renaissance Quarterly
Book Information
ISBN 9780521578134
Author Letizia Panizza
Format Paperback
Page Count 378
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 550g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 154mm * 20mm
