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OverviewIn 1826 Angela Veronese, a gardener’s daughter, wrote and published the first modern autobiography by an Italian woman. Veronese’s account focuses on her unique experience as a peasant girl who came of age among the Venetian elite, and details how she attained a certain renown in and out of Italy by improvising, writing, and publishing her own lyrics. Courting Celebrity is a bilingual annotated edition of Veronese’s autobiography. To better elucidate Veronese’s thinking, the book includes the autobiographical writing of another contemporary Italian poet, Teresa Bandettini, a well-known Tuscan poet-improviser. The book offers a substantial sample of Veronese’s poems, translated and in the original. These compositions, together with detailed bibliographical documentation, point to the success of Veronese’s autobiographical enterprise and offer an unparalleled view of both high society and popular culture at the time. Courting Celebrity illustrates women’s practice in two key literary genres, poetry and autobiography, and illuminates the strategies of women’s self-fashioning and pursuit of celebrity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Adrienne Ward , Irene Zanini-Cordi , Adrienne Ward , Irene Zanini-CordiPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9781487546397ISBN 10: 1487546394 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 27 March 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword 1. Angela Veronese Notizie sulla vita di Aglaja Anassillide scritte da lei medesima Information on the Life of Aglaja Anassillide, Written by Herself Selected Poems by Angela Veronese Biography of Angela Veronese Bio-Bibliography for Angela Veronese 2. Teresa Bandettini “Autobiografia” “Autobiography” Biography of Teresa Bandettini 3. Contexts and Conclusions 4. Poem by Luigi Carrer Dedicated to Angela Veronese Works Cited IndexReviewsThe publication of the autobiographies of Angela Veronese and Teresa Bandettini, both in their original and in translation, will broaden the scholarly perspective on eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century life writing. Worthy of high praise, this book will also benefit graduate and undergraduate students by providing them with a deeper understanding of the pivotal contribution of women writers to the making of the autobiographical genre. - Stefania Buccini, Halls-Bascom Professor of Italian, University of Wisconsin-Madison This important edition of Angela Veronese's autobiography and poetry, including English translations and a significant critical apparatus, provides a lively portrait of cultural life in the early nineteenth century that will appeal to a wide audience. Featuring many prominent literary figures active in Northern Italy in the period, it stands as a vital resource for students of Italian literature, literary scholars, and historians interested in women authors and intellectual culture. - Susan Dalton, Associate Professor of History, Universite de Montreal Author InformationAdrienne Ward is an associate professor emerita of Italian at the University of Virginia. Irene Zanini-Cordi is an associate professor of Italian at Florida State University. Adrienne Ward is an associate professor emerita of Italian at the University of Virginia. Irene Zanini-Cordi is an associate professor of Italian at Florida State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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