A history of women's writing in Italy

A history of women's writing in Italy / edited by Letizia Panizza and Sharon Wood.

This comprehensive piece gives an historical account of writing by women in Italy, from the Middle Ages through to the present day. Guides to further reading and more than 200 writers form an integral part of this volume.

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Other Authors: Panizza, Letizia, Wood, Sharon, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Italian literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women > Italy > Intellectual life.
Women and literature > Italy.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Letter writing, 1350-1650 / Maria Luisa Doglio
  • The fifteenth century. Humanism / Letizia Panizza ; Vernacular poetry and mystery plays / Judith Bryce
  • Lyric poetry, 1500-1650 / Giovanna Rabitti
  • Fiction, 1560-1650 / Virginia Cox
  • Polemical prose writing, 1500-1650 / Letizia Panizza
  • Religious and devotional writing, 1400-1600 / Gabriella Zarri
  • Eighteenth-century literature / Luisa Ricaldone
  • Travel writing, 1750-1860 / Ricciarda Ricorda
  • Journalism, 1750-1850 / Verina R. Jones
  • Literary critics and scholars, 1700-1850 / Adriana Chemello
  • Journalists and essayists, 1850-1915 / Silvana Patriarca
  • The novel, 1870-1920 / Lucienne Kroha
  • The popular novel, 1850-1920 / Anna Laura Lepschy
  • Futurism and Fascism, 1914-1945 / Lucia Re
  • The novel, 1945-1965 / Ann Hallamore Caesar
  • The novel, 1965-2000 / Adalgisa Giorgio
  • Poetry, 1870-2000 / Catherine O'Brien
  • Theatre and cinema, 1945-2000 / Áine O'Healy
  • Aesthetics and critical theory / Sharon Wood.

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