Over the last 20 years, there has been an increasing interest in
feminist views of the Italian literary tradition. While feminist
theory and methodology have been accepted by the academic community
in the U.S., the situation is very different in Italy, where such
work has been done largely outside the academy. Among
nonspecialists, knowledge of feminist approaches to Italian
literature, and even of the existence of Italian women writers,
remains scant. This reference work, the first of its kind on
Italian literature, is a companion volume for all who wish to
investigate Italian literary culture and writings, both by women
and by men, in light of feminist theory. Included are
alphabetically arranged entries for authors, schools, movements,
genres and forms, figures and types, and similar topics related to
Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Each entry
is written by an expert contributor and summarizes feminist thought
on the subject. Entries provide brief bibliographies, and the
volume concludes with a selected, general bibliography of major
studies. This volume covers eight centuries of Italian literature,
from the Middle Ages to the present. Included are entries for major
canonical male authors, such as Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, as
well as for female writers such as Lucrezia Marinella and Gianna
Manzini. These entries discuss how the authors have shaped the
image of women in Italian literature and how feminist criticism has
responded to their works. Entries are also provided for various
schools and movements, such as deconstruction, Marxism, and new
historicism; for genres and forms, such as the epic, devotional
works, and misogynistic literature; for figures and types, such as
the enchantress, the witch, and the shepherdess; and for numerous
other topics. Each entry is written by an expert contributor,
summarizes the relationship of the topic to feminist thought, and
includes a brief bibliography. The volume closes with a selected
general bibliography of major studies.
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