Figuring Women: A Thematic Study of Giovanni Verga's Female Characters
Susan Amatangelo
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Hardcover. This book examines Verga's heroines in the social and cultural context of 19th-century Italy. The work highlights the ways in which social reality and cultural fantasy clash with women's individuality. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
This book examines Verga's heroines in the social and cultural context of nineteenth-century Italy. The work highlights the ways in which social reality and cultural fantasy clash with women's individuality. The study focuses on the critical moments in the formation of female identity and on the roles and relationships that define these moments. The book follows Verga's women through adolescence, marriage, motherhood, sisterhood, and adultery. The thematic approach allows comparisons among characters in dramatically different circumstances and brings to light the experiences that unite them. Many of this book's topics - female adolescence, the mother-daughter bond, the relationship between sisters ... Read more
This book examines Verga's heroines in the social and cultural context of nineteenth-century Italy. The work highlights the ways in which social reality and cultural fantasy clash with women's individuality. The study focuses on the critical moments in the formation of female identity and on the roles and relationships that define these moments. The book follows Verga's women through adolescence, marriage, motherhood, sisterhood, and adultery. The thematic approach allows comparisons among characters in dramatically different circumstances and brings to light the experiences that unite them. Many of this book's topics - female adolescence, the mother-daughter bond, the relationship between sisters ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
209
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9780838640173
SKU
V9780838640173
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