Writing to Delight : : Italian Short Stories by Nineteenth-Century Women Writers / / Antonia Arslan, Gabriella Romani.
The nineteenth century represents a crucial historical and cultural phase in the development of modern Italy. Writing to Delight provides a selection of short stories written by some of the most accomplished and acclaimed female authors of nineteenth-century Italy, made available to an English-speak...
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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] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Toronto Italian Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction. Scenes from Nineteenth-Century Italy: Delightful Stories on Those Long, Long Winter Evenings / Romani, Gabriella
- Checchina's Virtue / Serao, Matilde
- Paolina / Neera
- Aunt Severina / Neera
- The Lady of the Evening / Neera
- Winter Evenings / Colombi
- Learn a Trade for a Rainy Day / Colombi
- Dear Hope / Marchesa Colombi
- The Bread of the Departed / Percoto, Caterina
- The Caning / Percoto, Caterina
- The Coral Necklace / Contessa Lara
- Woes of the Middle Class / Olper Monis, Virginia
- Scorn for Life / Sperani, Bruno
- Afterword. Ladies, Chickens, and Queens: The Strong Voices of Italian Women Writers / Arslan, Antonia
- Bio-bibliographies of the Authors