Gabriella Romani

Postal Culture

Writing and Reading Letters in Post-Unification Italy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Postal Culture, Gabriella Romani examines the role of the letter in Italian literature, cultural production, communication, and politics.

Produktdetails

• Toronto Italian Studies
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9781442647084
• ISBN-10: 1442647086
• Artikelnr.: 40078436

Autorenporträt

Gabriella Romani is an associate professor of Italian at Seton Hall University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I:
Chapter I: Postal Culture after 1861: an Introduction
Chapter II: Writing and Reading Letters: the Nationalization of the Italian
Postal Service, Epistolary Manuals, and the Printed Media.
Part II:
Chapter III: Fictionalizing the Letter: Giovanni Verga’s Storia di una
capinera.
Chapter IV: Cœresponding with her Readers: the Sentimental Politics of
Matilde Serao’s Epistolary Fiction.
Chapter V: Conclusions
Appendix: Letters transcribed from newspapers:
Ippolito Nievo: “Sulla convenienza per le fanciulle di adoperare anche
nell’uso domestico la lingua comune italiana.” (La Ricamatrice)
Pacifico Valussi: “La Donna italiana: Lettera I, II, III, IV, V” (La
Ricamatrice)
Caterina Percoto: “Memorie dal convento” I, II, III, IV (Giornale delle
Famiglie)
Matilde Serao, “La serva” (La Stampa)
Marchesa Colombi, “La padrona” (La Stampa)
Neera, “La donna libera” (L’Illustrazione Italiana)
Marchesa Colombi, “La donna povera” (L’Illustrazione Italiana)
Anna Maria Mozzoni, “Lettera aperta a Matilde Serao.” (La Lega della
Democrazia)
Matilde Serao, “Lettera aperta a Anna Maria Mozzoni.” (La Lega della
Democrazia)
Bibliography
Index