Sottoboschi letterari brings together essays about six female writers from the period between the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first world war: Mara Antelling, Emma Boghen Conigliani, Evelyn, Anna Franchi, Jolanda, and Flavia Steno. Through the metaphor of the undergrowth, which recalls certain features of Deleuze's rhizome, the book explores the way in which the chosen writers made headway in the literary scene of Italy at the end of the nineteenth century through contributions in the form of narrative, essays, sociology and literary criticism. Apparently conservative, and subscribing to the dominant vision of the role of women in society and in the family, these writers nevertheless made a decisive step towards the modern concept of the female intellectual.
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Book Title
Sottoboschi letterari. Sei "case studies" fra Otto e Novecento. Mara Antelling, Emma Boghen Conigliani, Evelyn, Anna Franchi, Jolanda, Flavia Steno
Authors
Ombretta Frau, Cristina Gragnani
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
220
Publication Year
2011
Copyright Information
© 2011 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-297-4
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-295-0
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-297-4
eISBN (epub)
978-88-6655-042-6
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-665-8
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919