Biographies and Autobiographies in Modern Italy: a Festschrift for John Woodhouse

Author:   Martin McLaughlin ,  Martin McLaughlin
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   232
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
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Author:   Martin McLaughlin ,  Martin McLaughlin
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780367603779


ISBN 10:   0367603772
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Introduction General Issues and Signal Cases 2. The Public and the Private in Modern Italian Literature: The Case of Montale 3. The Battle of the Biographers: Primo Levi and 'Life—Writing' D'Annunzio and Other Fin de siècle 4. Enrico Nencioni: An Italian Victorian 5. Pescara and the Abruzzo in the Imagination of Gabriele D'Annunzio 6. British Material for the Biography of a Tuscan: Llewelyn Lloyd (1879-1949) 7. Italo Svevo: Journalism and the Life of a Writer Self-Images in Fascist Culture 8. Intellectual (Auto-)Biography in Bontempelli 9. Italian War—Correspondents and The Spanish Civil War: Propaganda and Autobiography Autobiographical Strains in Contemporary Italian Writing 10. Concessions to Autobiography in Calvino 11. Umberto Eco: Autobiography into Romance 12. The Dummy Interlocutor and Oriana Fallaci's Self-Projection in La rabbia e l'orgoglio

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...succinct [and]clear...provides a facinating glimpse into the life histories, and the shaping of the life histories, by an eclectic group of Italians. Its chapters provide useful information on the less-known and engrossing new insights into familiar canonical figures--Risa Sodi Biography 32.3 (Summer 2009), 2009


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