Author: Anna Maria Ortese
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
In 18th century Naples, three visitors from Flanders vie for the hand of a glovemaker's daughter. One is a merchant, a second is a duke and a third a sculptor. All are intrigued be her mysterious sorrow.
The Lament of the Linnet
Author: Anna Maria Ortese
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
In 18th century Naples, three visitors from Flanders vie for the hand of a glovemaker's daughter. One is a merchant, a second is a duke and a third a sculptor. All are intrigued be her mysterious sorrow.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
In 18th century Naples, three visitors from Flanders vie for the hand of a glovemaker's daughter. One is a merchant, a second is a duke and a third a sculptor. All are intrigued be her mysterious sorrow.
Italian Women and the City
Author: Janet Levarie Smarr
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838639658
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Studies of the city, and of women's experiences of the city, have focused primarily on modern times, especially as modernism was defined in large part by urban life. Italy, however, has a long history of urban-centered culture, and women have been a vocal part of that culture since the Renaissance. This volume, therefore, looks at the art and literature of both earlier and more modern periods to investigate the meanings of the city for Italian women, the intensely gendered meanings (for both sexes) of those city spaces that excluded women, and the conditions that permitted a limited permeability of gendered boundaries. Two aspects to the combination of "women" and "city" are salient to these investigations. One involves their metaphorical relationship. Urbs, citta, ville -- the words for city tend to be grammatically feminine, and a long tradition of representation associates the city. with a woman. Women, especially writers, could exploit, modify, or resist the prevailing uses of such metaphors. The second aspect of connection involves social realities. What was or is the relation of the (female) city with the real women who inhabit it? What kind of site has it provided for women seeking a satisfying life for themselves? How has art and literature, by men and by women, represented the relationship of female persons or characters to urban spaces?
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838639658
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Studies of the city, and of women's experiences of the city, have focused primarily on modern times, especially as modernism was defined in large part by urban life. Italy, however, has a long history of urban-centered culture, and women have been a vocal part of that culture since the Renaissance. This volume, therefore, looks at the art and literature of both earlier and more modern periods to investigate the meanings of the city for Italian women, the intensely gendered meanings (for both sexes) of those city spaces that excluded women, and the conditions that permitted a limited permeability of gendered boundaries. Two aspects to the combination of "women" and "city" are salient to these investigations. One involves their metaphorical relationship. Urbs, citta, ville -- the words for city tend to be grammatically feminine, and a long tradition of representation associates the city. with a woman. Women, especially writers, could exploit, modify, or resist the prevailing uses of such metaphors. The second aspect of connection involves social realities. What was or is the relation of the (female) city with the real women who inhabit it? What kind of site has it provided for women seeking a satisfying life for themselves? How has art and literature, by men and by women, represented the relationship of female persons or characters to urban spaces?
Loss and the Other in the Visionary Work of Anna Maria Ortese
Author: Vilma DeGasperin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199673810
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Combines theme and genre analysis in a study of the Italian author, from her first literary writings in the 1930s to her novels in the 1990s.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199673810
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Combines theme and genre analysis in a study of the Italian author, from her first literary writings in the 1930s to her novels in the 1990s.
Linnet's Trial. A Tale. By the Author of “Twice Lost.”
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing
Author: Jane Eldridge Miller
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415159814
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Entries profile women writers of poetry, fiction, prose, and drama, including Sylvia Plath, Fleur Adcock, and Toni Morrison.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415159814
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Entries profile women writers of poetry, fiction, prose, and drama, including Sylvia Plath, Fleur Adcock, and Toni Morrison.
Mothers and Daughters
Author: Alberto Manguel
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811816298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Turning his inspired anthologizing skills to a subject all readers can relate to, celebrated writer and editor Alberto Manguel offers an exceptional collection of complete short stories about the relationship between mothers and daughters. Contributors include Dorothy Allison, Daphne du Maurier, Carson McCullers, Katherine Mansfield, Edith Wharton, Janet Frame, and others.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811816298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Turning his inspired anthologizing skills to a subject all readers can relate to, celebrated writer and editor Alberto Manguel offers an exceptional collection of complete short stories about the relationship between mothers and daughters. Contributors include Dorothy Allison, Daphne du Maurier, Carson McCullers, Katherine Mansfield, Edith Wharton, Janet Frame, and others.
Songs of the Borderland and Other Verses
Author: James L. Hercus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Borders Region (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Borders Region (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Merchant of Venice, Told by a Popular Novelist
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Contemporary World Fiction
Author: Juris Dilevko
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598849093
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
This much-needed guide to translated literature offers readers the opportunity to hear from, learn about, and perhaps better understand our shrinking world from the perspective of insiders from many cultures and traditions. In a globalized world, knowledge about non-North American societies and cultures is a must. Contemporary World Fiction: A Guide to Literature in Translation provides an overview of the tremendous range and scope of translated world fiction available in English. In so doing, it will help readers get a sense of the vast world beyond North America that is conveyed by fiction titles from dozens of countries and language traditions. Within the guide, approximately 1,000 contemporary non-English-language fiction titles are fully annotated and thousands of others are listed. Organization is primarily by language, as language often reflects cultural cohesion better than national borders or geographies, but also by country and culture. In addition to contemporary titles, each chapter features a brief overview of earlier translated fiction from the group. The guide also provides in-depth bibliographic essays for each chapter that will enable librarians and library users to further explore the literature of numerous languages and cultural traditions.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598849093
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
This much-needed guide to translated literature offers readers the opportunity to hear from, learn about, and perhaps better understand our shrinking world from the perspective of insiders from many cultures and traditions. In a globalized world, knowledge about non-North American societies and cultures is a must. Contemporary World Fiction: A Guide to Literature in Translation provides an overview of the tremendous range and scope of translated world fiction available in English. In so doing, it will help readers get a sense of the vast world beyond North America that is conveyed by fiction titles from dozens of countries and language traditions. Within the guide, approximately 1,000 contemporary non-English-language fiction titles are fully annotated and thousands of others are listed. Organization is primarily by language, as language often reflects cultural cohesion better than national borders or geographies, but also by country and culture. In addition to contemporary titles, each chapter features a brief overview of earlier translated fiction from the group. The guide also provides in-depth bibliographic essays for each chapter that will enable librarians and library users to further explore the literature of numerous languages and cultural traditions.
A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert Burns Incorporating a Glossary of Scotch Words
Author: J. B. Reid
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description