Natalia Ginzburg : : A Voice of the Twentieth Century / / Giuliana Katz, Angela M. Jeannet.
A prominent and prolific Italian writer, Natalia Ginzburg (1916-1991) is known for her novels, plays, short stories, and essays. This collection brings together, for an English-speaking audience, a variety of critical perspectives on Ginzburg's work.The essays, all by North American scholars, e...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2000 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Toronto Italian Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editors' Foreword -- Credits -- Chronology -- Contributors -- Introduction / An Interview with Natalia Ginzburg / Natalia Ginzburg between Fiction and Memory: A Reading of Le voci della sera and Lessico famigliare / Natalia Ginzburg's Early Writings in L'ltalia libera / Natalia Ginzburg: Making a Story Out of History / The Personal Is Political: Gender, Generation, and Memory in Natalia Ginzburg's Caro Michele / Writing the Self: The Epistolary Novels of Natalia Ginzburg / Sagittarius: A Psychoanalytic Reading / Natalia Ginzburg and the Craft of Writing / The Eloquence of Understatement: Natalia Ginzburg's Public Image and Literary Style / Feminism and the 'Absurd' in Two Plays by Natalia Ginzburg / I nostri figli / Chiarezza / Cronaca di un paese / The Wig / Bibiliography |
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Summary: | A prominent and prolific Italian writer, Natalia Ginzburg (1916-1991) is known for her novels, plays, short stories, and essays. This collection brings together, for an English-speaking audience, a variety of critical perspectives on Ginzburg's work.The essays, all by North American scholars, examine the author's entire production. The topics examined include Ginzburg's struggle to define herself as a woman, a writer, and an intellectual; her interpretation of the relationship between historical events and private lives; her reflections on the women's movement and the changing nature of the family; and her mastery of a distinctly personal writing style. What emerges here is a nuanced and complex portrait of Ginzburg and her work. The reader is given a sense of the importance of her contribution, not only as a writer but as a witness to the events of the twentieth century. The volume also includes a chronology, a bibliography, and translations of some of Ginzburg's lesser-known writings, including three articles, a poem, and a one-act play. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781442677579 9783110667691 9783110490954 |
DOI: | 10.3138/9781442677579 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Giuliana Katz, Angela M. Jeannet. |