Anna Banti and the (im)possibility of love / by Wissia Fiorucci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fiorucci, Wissia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banti, Anna--Criticism and interpretation.

Banti, Anna.

Feminism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (109 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book looks into Banti's stance on Italian feminism, Other a specific focus on her interpretation of the concept of "equality" as well as of "sexual difference". An analysis of a novel, A Piercing Cry (1981), and two short stories, "The Women Are Dying" (1951) and "Je vous écris d'un pays lointain" (1971), explores the aforementioned issues. The book also deals to some extent Other the most famous of Banti's works, the magnum opus Artemisia (1947). Because A Piercing Cry is a source of auto...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CONCLUSION; CITED WORKS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-99).

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-77677-0

9786612776779

1-4438-2360-0

OCLC:

821179835