Guai ai vinti, from novel to film / 17. Constructing a Female Self. 1. Ogres and Belles: Vivanti, Carducci, and mentorship in post-unification Italy / Stephen Gundle and Simona Storchi. 2. Constructing selves, performing femininities: singers, sirens and mothers / Ursula Fanning ; 3. From Circe to Fosca: Annie Vivanti and the femme fatale / Julie Dashwood ; 4. War rape and hybrid birth / Cristina Gragnani -- II. Translation and Cultural Mediation: 5. Annie Vivanti's transatlantic crossings / Mariarosa Mettifogo ; 6. A "mistaken" choice of language? : a case of self-translation / Marianna Deganutti ; 7. Dominance and subversion in Annie Vivanti's "Tenebroso Amore" / Sara Ceroni -- III. Political Engagement and Journalism: 8. Annie Vivanti, journalist and critic / Anne Urbancic ; 9. A literary collaboration: Annie Vivanti and the Corriere della Sera / Erica Moretti ; 10. Annie Vivanti and the struggle for Irish independence / Chiara Chini ; 11. "The great devourer": Annie Vivanti's friendship with Barbara Allason (1917-1921) / Noemi Crain Merz -- IV. Vivanti Across Literary Genres: 12. "Un nuovo canto audace e forte": The modernity of Lirica (1890) / Enrico Minardi ; 13. Annie's laugh: humor, satire, and irony in Annie Vivanti's works / Sabrina Cavallucci ; 14. Annie Vivanti and her "children's book" / Giulia Pezzuolo -- V. Reception and Adaptation: 15. A woman on display: Annie Vivanti's Marion artista di caffè-concerto / Lisa Sarti ; 16. Annie Vivanti's fortunes in France / Filippo Fonio ; 17. Guai ai vinti, from novel to film / Stephen Gundle and Simona Storchi.
Summary:
"Annie Chartres Vivanti: Transnational Politics, Identity, and Culture explores the work of British Italian writer Annie Chartres Vivanti (1866-1942). This volume provides a multidisciplinary approach to the study of Vivanti in order to analyze the diverse and complex writing experiences in which she engaged. Essays examine Vivanti's work through multiple perspectives, taking into account her politics and her career as journalist, writer, and singer as well as her literary works."-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies
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