The Conservatory of Santa Teresa
- Romano Bilenchi,
- Edited by:
- Charles Klopp,
- Melinda Nelson,
This volume is the first translation of Romano Bilenchi’s 1940 masterpiece to appear in English. This is surprising since The Conservatory of Santa Teresa is much more than an invaluable historical document of life in provincial Tuscany around the time of the First World War. It is truly one of the most important works of fiction published in Italy under Fascism. In telling of the pre-adolescent Sergio’s encounter with the larger world of sex, politics, and the violence and cruelty of adult life, Bilenchi succeeds in representing a universal paradigm, that of the clash of innocence with experience. But what makes Sergio’s trajectory unique is that he goes through it in the company of three extraordinary women who are at once femmes fatales and benevolent guides: his mother, his aunt, and his tutor, all almost unbearably beautiful, as least in Sergio’s eyes. These women, plus the dazzling landscape of the Sienese countryside as captured by Bilenchi, make Sergio’s journey an enviable even if sometimes painful and bewildering experience.
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-6655-824-8
- Series: Studi e saggi
- Scientific Board: Studi di italianistica moderna e contemporanea nel mondo anglofono / Studies in Modern and Contemporary Italianistica in the Anglophone World
- Language: English
- Subjects: Linguistic
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The Ohio State University, United States - ORCID: 0000-0001-8216-7426
Charles Klopp is Professor Emeritus of Italian at The Ohio State University and the author of many books and essays on Italian literature and culture. Melinda Nelson is an Assistant Provost at the same institution.
- Publication Year: 2015
- Pages: 230
- eISBN: 978-88-6655-824-8
- Content License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- © 2015 Author(s)
- Publication Year: 2015
- eISBN: 978-88-6655-825-5
- Content License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- © 2015 Author(s)
- Publication Year: 2015
- Pages: 230
- ISBN: 978-88-6655-823-1
- Content License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- © 2015 Author(s)
- Publication Year: 2015
- eISBN: 978-88-9273-372-5
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Book Title
The Conservatory of Santa Teresa
Editors
Charles Klopp, Melinda Nelson
Authors
Romano Bilenchi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
230
Publication Year
2015
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© 2015 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6655-824-8
ISBN Print
978-88-6655-823-1
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6655-824-8
eISBN (epub)
978-88-6655-825-5
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-372-5
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919
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