Italian Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook

by Rinaldina Russell

Overview

Women have had a long and active role in Italian letters. This reference work contains biographical, critical, and bibliographical profiles of 51 writers from the 14th century to the present day. The entries are written by contributors knowledgeable of the historical period in which their chosen writers lived, and reflect both the literary tradition that conditioned their works and the modern gender issues that have shaped contemporary critical interpretation.

For easy reference, the entries in this volume are organized alphabetically and have a uniform format. The first section of each entry is a biographical outline that places primary emphasis on the writer's career and her literary contributions. The second section analyzes recurrent themes, with special regard to the writer's major works. The third section surveys her critical fortune and includes a bibliography, which lists primary works, English translations, and critical studies of the writer. The writers included represent different periods in Italian cultural history and offer the greatest possible variety in women's literary experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313283475
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/16/1994
Series:	Contributions in Political Science
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

RINALDINA RUSSELL is Professor of Romance Languages at Queens College, New York. She has written two books on Italian poetry, and her articles have appeared in jourbanals such as Modern Philology, Romanic Review, Studies in Philology, and Forum Italicum.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Vittoria Aganoor Pompilj by Giuliana Sanguinetti Katz
Sibilla Aleramo by Fiora A. Bassanese
Isabella Andreini by Nancy Dersofi
Tullia d'Aragona by Rinaldina Russell
Anna Banti by Beverly Ballaro
Laura Battiferri Ammannati by Giovanna Rabitti
Luisa Bergalli by Pamela D. Stewart
Caterina da Siena by Suzanne Noffke
Laura Cereta by Albert Rabil, Jr.
Fausta Cialente by Bruce Merry
Vittoria Colonna by Fiora A. Bassanese
Contessa Lara by Bruce Merry
Alba de Céspedes by Ellen Nerenberg
Grazia Deledda by Marilyn Migiel
Cassandra Fedele by Diana Robin
Moderata Fonte by Paola Malpezzi Price
Veronica Franco by Marilyn Migiel
Veronica Gàmbara by Rinaldina Russell
Natalia Ginzburg by Bruce Merry and Julie Docker
Amalia Guglielminetti by Barbara Turoff
Margherita Guidacci by Renata Treitel and Ruth Feldman
Armanda Guiducci by Fiora A. Bassanese
Gina Lagorio by Paola Blelloch
Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi by Mia Cocco
Gianna Manzini by Beverly Ballaro
Dacia Maraini by Carol Lazzaro-Weis
Faustina Maratti Zappi by Antonio Franceschetti
Lucrezia Marinella by Paola Malpezzi Price
Chiara Matraini by Giovanna Rabitti
Maria Messina by Maria Nina Lombardo
Elsa Morante by Rocco Capozzi
Olympia Morata by Albert Rabil, Jr.
Isabella di Morra by Juliana Schiesari
Neera by Bruce Merry
Ada Negri by Bruce Merry
Giulia Niccolai by Rebecca West
Isotta Nogarola by Margaret L. King
Caterina Percoto by Hermann W. Haller
Antonia Pozzi by Rebecca West
Antonia Pulci by Bernard Toscani
Rosa Rosà by Cristina Della Coletta
Amelia Rosselli by Cristina Della Coletta
Suor Maria Clemente Ruoti by Elissa B. Weaver
Diodata Saluzzo Roero by Antonio Franceschetti and Giuliana Sanguinetti Katz
Matilde Serao by Ursula J. Fanning
Maria Luisa Spaziani by Barbara Zecchi
Gaspara Stampa by Fiora A. Bassanese
Suor Arcangela Tarabotti by Elissa B. Weaver
Laura Terracina by Nancy Dersofi
Lucrezia Tornabuoni by Rinaldina Russell
Annie Vivanti by Bruce Merry
Selected Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A reference that provides biographical, critical, and bibliographical profiles of 51 Italian women writers from the 14th century to the present. The entries are written by contributors knowledgeable about the period in which their chosen writers lived, and reflect the literary tradition that considered the works, as well as the modern gender issues inherent in contemporary criticism. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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