Author: Vittorio Alfieri
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 600

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Author: Stephanie Laggini Fiore
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527551857
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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The Heroic Female: Redefining the Role of the Heroine in the Tragedies of Vittorio Alfieri fills a void in critical inquiry on the works of eighteenth-century tragedian Vittorio Alfieri – perhaps the most important figure of the Italian Enlightenment – by exploring in depth the often neglected female characters and their function within the tragic structure. In this re-reading of the Alfierian tragedies, the author redefines the role of the heroine, and challenges traditional analyses that marginalize the female character and orient her to an abstract ideal characterized by fragility and tragic victimization. The author argues persuasively that, in Alfieri’s search for psychological realism, he undermines traditional assumptions of gender roles by his modern portrayal of the tragic characters. The heroine’s different orientation towards reality endows her with intuitive and intelligent reasoning that contradicts eighteenth-century views of women as catalysts of anarchy and disorder. Alfieri’s tragic heroines are represented also as surprisingly independent and powerful. The resultant image of determined, active, and intelligent women refutes the traditional critical view. In exploring Vittorio Alfieri’s pre-modern sensibilities in the representation of his tragic heroines, this book is an important contribution to the growing body of critical works that study the representation of gender in post-Renaissance and pre-modern Italian literature. This book will be of particular interest to: scholars of Italian literature, especially the Enlightenment and Romantic periods; scholars of 18th-century European, American and other literatures; scholars of 18th-century history and sociology; and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies scholars.

Author: Vittorio Alfieri
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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Author: Gaetana Marrone
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1579583903
Category : Italian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2258

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Author: Gaetana Marrone
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135455295
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 2258

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The Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies is a two-volume reference book containing some 600 entries on all aspects of Italian literary culture. It includes analytical essays on authors and works, from the most important figures of Italian literature to little known authors and works that are influential to the field. The Encyclopedia is distinguished by substantial articles on critics, themes, genres, schools, historical surveys, and other topics related to the overall subject of Italian literary studies. The Encyclopedia also includes writers and subjects of contemporary interest, such as those relating to journalism, film, media, children's literature, food and vernacular literatures. Entries consist of an essay on the topic and a bibliographic portion listing works for further reading, and, in the case of entries on individuals, a brief biographical paragraph and list of works by the person. It will be useful to people without specialized knowledge of Italian literature as well as to scholars.

Author: Vittorio Alfieri
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 622

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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004461779
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 361

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This book explores literary and non-literary texts, along with their early manuscripts and subsequent printed and digital editions, covering a time span extending over 1000 years.

Author: Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Publisher: Ed. di Storia e Letteratura
ISBN:
Category : Italian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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Author: P. Serna
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137328827
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474

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This collection probes the troubling connections between war and republic during Revolutionary era, 1776-1840. It presents the work of an international team of scholars, some of them in English for the first time.

Author: Vivienne Louthe
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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