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100 1 $aLucamante, Stefania.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99033341
245 12 $aA multitude of women :$bthe challenges of the contemporary Italian novel /$cStefania Lucamante.
260 $aToronto ;$aBuffalo :$bUniversity of Toronto Press,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $aix, 324 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aToronto Italian studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-313) and index.
505 00 $gIntroduction.$tWhat Women Writers Do with the Knowability of the World -- $g1.$t'Writing Is Always Playing with the Mother's Body': Mothers' Rewrites -- $g2.$tOf Fathers and Daughters, or the Italian Family Interrupted -- $g3.$tItalian Sexual Patho-Politics Revisited.
520 1 $a"A Multitude of Women looks at the ways in which both Italian literary tradition and external factors have influenced Italian women writers in rethinking the theoretical and aesthetic ties between author, text, and readership in the construction of the novel. In her analysis, Stefania Lucamante discusses the unique contributions that Italian women writers have made to the contemporary novel, addressing works by Maraini, Ferrarrte, Vinci, and others with reference to concepts of intertextuality and feminist theory." "This study identifies a positive deviation from literary and ideological orthodoxy in the contemporary Italian novel and considers its effect on the traditional notion of the literary canon. Lucamante argues that this development is partly due to the impact of women writers and their avoidance of conventional patterns in narrative while favouring forms that are more attuned to the ever-changing needs of society. She shows that contemporary novels by women authors reflect a major shift in thinking, and that the actual literary and aesthetic significance of the novel has been profoundly affected by female emancipation. By overturning epistemological schemas bound to a set time and place, Italian women writers are producing a more meaningful relationship with their readers while expanding the possibilities of the novel."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aItalian fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104990
650 0 $aItalian fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aWomen and literature$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010118720
650 0 $aWomen in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147587
830 0 $aToronto Italian studies.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95026425
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