Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-129) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Denigrated Femininity in Fin de Siècle Italy -- Female Malady and Transgression in Italian Literature -- Feigning Sickness and Female Agency in Italian Literature -- Tigre reale and Malombra : The Diva and Cinematic Adaptations of Female Illness -- Conclusion.
Series:
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies
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