Description
This book explores the work of a writer, Annie Chartres Vivanti (1866-1942), who brought a transnational dimension to the marked provincialism of the Italian novel by addressing issues of gender, ethnicity, and sexuality on personal and international levels, and by creating work that distanced itself from much of the female-penned literature of the day, scorning both decorum and social respectability. Chapters in this book examine Vivanti's output from multiple perspectives, taking into account her politics and her career as a journalist, writer, and singer, as well as her literary work.
About the Author
Sharon Wood is professor emerita of Italian at the University of Leicester. Erica Moretti is assistant professor of Italian at Fashion Institute of Technology-SUNY.
Reviews
The academic rigor and the plurality of viewpoints of this edited collection serve well to offer scholarly readership a composite account of Vivanti's polyhedric personality and writings. Firmly and stimulatingly engaging with the multiple cultural networks and contexts of Italy and beyond, this timely volume facilitates a full reappraisal of a key cultural figure of turn-the-century Italy. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *
Annie Chartres Vivanti. Transnational Politics, Identity, and Culture tackles the important and multifaceted oeuvre of this modern author.... [T]his collection adds significantly to the bibliography on Vivanti's life and work. Annie Chartres Vivanti. Transnational Politics, Identity, and Culture is a welcome, key reference in English on Annie Chartres Vivanti and her time; its essays offer a multifaceted approach to most of Vivanti's works, which will hopefully inspire renewed attention to this important writer. The volume can also be an excellent source for courses on women writers, fin-de-siecle poetry and Italian literature, but also on the history of journalism, the representations and legacy of World War I, and transnational authors at large. * gender/sexuality/italy *
Book Information
ISBN 9781683930068
Author Sharon Wood
Format Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Publisher Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Weight(grams) 626g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 157mm * 23mm
About the Author
Sharon Wood is professor emerita of Italian at the University of Leicester. Erica Moretti is assistant professor of Italian at Fashion Institute of Technology-SUNY.
Reviews
The academic rigor and the plurality of viewpoints of this edited collection serve well to offer scholarly readership a composite account of Vivanti's polyhedric personality and writings. Firmly and stimulatingly engaging with the multiple cultural networks and contexts of Italy and beyond, this timely volume facilitates a full reappraisal of a key cultural figure of turn-the-century Italy. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *
Annie Chartres Vivanti. Transnational Politics, Identity, and Culture tackles the important and multifaceted oeuvre of this modern author.... [T]his collection adds significantly to the bibliography on Vivanti's life and work. Annie Chartres Vivanti. Transnational Politics, Identity, and Culture is a welcome, key reference in English on Annie Chartres Vivanti and her time; its essays offer a multifaceted approach to most of Vivanti's works, which will hopefully inspire renewed attention to this important writer. The volume can also be an excellent source for courses on women writers, fin-de-siecle poetry and Italian literature, but also on the history of journalism, the representations and legacy of World War I, and transnational authors at large. * gender/sexuality/italy *
Book Information
ISBN 9781683930068
Author Sharon Wood
Format Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Publisher Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Weight(grams) 626g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 157mm * 23mm
