Elsa Morante's Politics of Writing

Rethinking Subjectivity, History, and the Power of Art
Herausgeber: Lucamante, Stefania

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Produktbeschreibung

This book revisits the philosophy and aesthetic Elsa Morante outlined in her literary writings. Stefania Lucamante presents a fresh outlook at Morante's work to determine the importance of her work today, to appreciate her theoretical and stylistic legacy, and to understand why and which elements of her work have inspired Italian artists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9781611477962
• ISBN-10: 1611477964
• Artikelnr.: 46601193

Autorenporträt

Stefania Lucamante is professor of Italian at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Stefania Lucamante
Chapter 1: Daniele Morante: "Elsa Morante's Correspondence: A New Source
for the Artist's Biography"
Chapter 2: Giuliana Zagra: "Writing: A Lifelong Affair. Notes from the Elsa
Morante Archives"
Part One: New Approaches to Morante's Oeuvre
Chapter 3: Francesco Chillemi: "In the Realm of the Lie: The Implosion of
Thought and the Monsters of Reason in Menzogna e Sortilegio"
Chapter 4: Saskia Ziolkowski: "Morante and Kafka: The Gothic Walking Dead
and Talking Animals"
Chapter 5: Sarah Carey: "Elsa Morante: Envisioning History"
Chapter 6: Sharon Wood: "Excursus as Narrative Technique in La Storia"
Chapter 7: Stefania Lucamante: "'The World Must Be the Writer's Concern':
Elsa Morante's Visions of History"
Chapter 8: Lorenzo Salvagni: "In Marguerite Caetani's Literary Salon: a
Study of Elsa Morante's Contributions to Botteghe Oscure"
Part Two: Theater, Visual Arts and Cinema
Chapter 9: Gabrielle Orsi: "Lo Scialle Andaluso: The Intimate Theater of
Elsa Morante"
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