Gendering Italian Fiction. Feminist Revisions of Italian History.(Review)
From: The Modern Language Review
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Date: 4/1/2001
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Author: Caesar, Ann
Gendering Italian Fiction. Feminist Revisions of Italian History. Ed. by MARIA ORNELLA MAROTTI and GABRIELLA BROOKE. Cranbury, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London: Associated University Presses. 1999. 253 pp. 34 [pounds sterling].
The significance of the historical novel in the development of literary narrative in Italy has never been in question. It has been the subject of critical attention since Manzoni's own considerations on its aesthetic and moral implications gave ...
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