Rewriting the historical novel on the risorgimento in light of woman's history: gender and nation in Vincenzo Consolo's Il sorriso dell'ignoto marinaio.(Critical essay)

Italica | June 22, 2008| | Copyright

Ever since its publication in 1976, Vincenzo Consolo's II sorriso dell'ignoto marinaio has been the object of considerable and ever-growing attention on the part of critics who, from both sides of the Atlantic, (1) unanimously recognize its crucial role in rewriting the tradition of the historical novel on the Risorgimento. While many assessments of Consolo's Il sorriso could be cited, (2) suffice it to mention the interventions of Robert Dombroski and Ruth Glynn.

In "Consolo and the Fictions of History," Dombroski argues that Consolo's narrative voice does not ...

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