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The Pleasure of Writing Critical Essays on Dacia Maraini (Advances in Organization Studies,)
Diaconescu-Blumenfeld, Rodica, Testaferri, Ada
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Hardcover. Opening with Maraini's own analysis of women's writing, this collection of essays by an international selection of Italianists uses various interpretive perspectives, ranging from semiotics to psychoanalysis, to explore the range of her production as a novelist, playwright, poet and film maker. Editor(s): Diaconescu-Blumenfeld, Rodica; Testaferri, Ada. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
One of contemporary Italy's best-known writers, Dacia Maraini has often been a figure of controversy as author and as cultural critic. Though she is recipient of numerous literary awards, Maraini's work has not received the sustained critical attention commensurable with its stature. Working and creating "dalla parte delle donne" (on the side of women), she had been effectively excluded from the Italian critical canon. The Pleasure of Writing is opened with Maraini's own analysis of women's writing. There follow 14 essays by an international group of Italianists, utilizing a wide spectrum of interpretive perspectives, form semiotics to psychoanalysis, to ... Read more
One of contemporary Italy's best-known writers, Dacia Maraini has often been a figure of controversy as author and as cultural critic. Though she is recipient of numerous literary awards, Maraini's work has not received the sustained critical attention commensurable with its stature. Working and creating "dalla parte delle donne" (on the side of women), she had been effectively excluded from the Italian critical canon. The Pleasure of Writing is opened with Maraini's own analysis of women's writing. There follow 14 essays by an international group of Italianists, utilizing a wide spectrum of interpretive perspectives, form semiotics to psychoanalysis, to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
287
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557531971
SKU
V9781557531971
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About Diaconescu-Blumenfeld, Rodica, Testaferri, Ada
Rodica Diaconescu-Blumenfeld is an associate professor of Italian studies at Vassar College. She is the author of Born Illiterate: Gender and Representation in Gadda's Pasticciaccio. She has published articles on Marco Risi, Lina Wertmuller, and Gianni Amelio. Currently, she is working on the politics of cultural repression of the Balkans in European cinemas and on the politics ... Read more
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