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This book explores the work of a writer, Annie Chartres Vivanti
(1866-1942), who brought a transnational dimension to the marked
provincialism of the Italian novel by addressing issues of gender,
ethnicity, and sexuality on personal and international levels, and
by creating work that distanced itself from much of the
female-penned literature of the day, scorning both decorum and
social respectability. Chapters in this book examine Vivanti's
output from multiple perspectives, taking into account her politics
and her career as a journalist, writer, and singer, as well as her
literary work.
How has it happened that from being politely ignored or
marginalized just half a century ago, women writers in Italy are
now at the centre of literary activity? To what extent does writing
by women reflect the successes and failures of Italy in the
post-war period? What form did the feminist movement in Italy take,
and how did this affect what - and how - women wrote? And how are
women who write responding to a more fragmented post-modern age?
These are just some of the questions asked of the relationship
between women and fiction in post-war Italy in this anthology. It
includes stories by Cialente, Ginzburg, Ortese, Morante, Romano,
Maraini and Duranti as well as Bompiani, Sanvitale, Mizzau,
Scaramuzzino, Capriolo and Petrignani. The thirteen stories
presented offer a range of style and content indicative of the
wealth and diversity of writing by women, and their reading is
supported by critical notes and an extensive vocabulary. This is a
clear and challenging introduction to the rich field of women and
fiction in Italy. -- .
Banker Rhetta McCarter's ongoing battles usually involve mortgage
loans, federal lending regulations, threats of bulges on her butt,
and her closet-drinking husband. But after one of her mortgage
clients dies in a mysterious car accident, she stumbles upon
evidence of a terrorist plot to wipe out the entire Midwest power
grid. No one believes her-not the FBI, local law enforcement, or
her husband. Rhetta convinces her assistant, and loan officer,
Woody, a former Marine, to help her stop the attack. Problems mount
and time begins running out, leaving Rhetta alone to stop the bad
guys. Can she do it? Praise for Killerwatt: "Oh, I love Rhetta
McCarter She's hilarious, smart, savvy, tenacious, loving-and just
the teensiest bit stubborn. (Good thing, or her hometown would be
in serious trouble.) "Killerwatt" is a high-voltage, high-speed
adventure-with humor, heart, and a frighteningly realistic story "
Hank Phillippi Ryan, Anthony, Macavity and Agatha-winning author
"Feisty amateur sleuth Rhetta McCarter takes us along on a
thrilling ride in her '79 Camaro as she tries to stop a terrorist
plot that could mean lights out for the country...and for Rhetta An
exciting, fast-paced thriller from a promising debut author."
Sharon Potts, award-winning author of In Their Blood and Someone's
Watching
While driving home from work, banker Rhetta McCarter's quiet
evening is shattered when she witnesses a fatal hit-and-run
accident. Her world is soon turned upside-down when she learns the
dead man, a total stranger has no identification, except her
business card. Then Rhetta's long estranged and presumed dead
father leaves her a voice mail telling her that he can prove the
victim was murdered. He also tells her he and the victim served
together in Vietnam. But how can the caller be her father when she
has his death certificate? The unknown victim is soon identified-as
a soldier who died on the same day as her father in 1973 Rhetta is
thrown full throttle into a deadly mystery surrounding her father
and a secret trust that has already claimed three lives. Will she
be the fourth?
When Rhetta McCarter's '79 Camaro is destroyed in a fire, her best
friend and mechanic Victoria (Ricky) Lane, finds a replacement, a
"barnfind" vintage Camaro in perfect condition, except for one
major flaw: a body buried beneath it. Later, Ricky is arrested when
a second victim is found murdered in the same barn. Rhetta is
convinced not only that Ricky is innocent, but that the two murders
are connected. The police don't agree, so Rhetta is forced to fight
her way through a labyrinth of danger and misdirection to find the
real murderer before the killer finds her first.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
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imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
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++++ South Africa's Leading Managers 2 Sharon Wood, Corporate
Research Foundation UK. Corporate Research Foundation, 1909
Business & Economics; Management; Business & Economics /
Leadership; Business & Economics / Management; Business
enterprises; Executives; Management; Success in business
Elsa Morante has long been recognized internationally as one of the
most significant, innovative, and important writers of the 20th
century Italy. Nonetheless, there has, to date, been no full-length
study in English dedicated to her work. Critical perspectives on
Morante's literary achievement have shifted dramatically in recent
years, and while this volume proposes to offer the first
comprehensive evaluation of Morante to appear outside Italy, it
also aims to take into account modern critical and theoretical
developments. The authors' aim is to underline Morante's centrality
in a broader context which goes beyond Italian national frontiers
and deserves critical attention across a range of transcultural
disciplines, departing from the traditional realm of philological
analysis to encompass approaches informed by cultural and
interdisciplinary studies. This volume gives a comprehensive
insight into current thinking on and understanding of Elsa
Morante's work. This book places her work in a much wider context
of European culture, and traces her influence on a younger
generation of writers.
This book examines women's writing in Italy from Unification to the
present day, exploring the lives and works of women writers within
the context of Italian history, culture and politics. The changing
face of Italian social and political life since Unification has
greatly affected the position of women in Italy. This work
discusses the relation between the changing role of women over this
period, their struggle for social and political emancipation and
equality, and the search by women writers for a personal and
authentic literary voice. Wood's other publications include "Woman
as Object: Narrative and Gender in the Work of Alberto Moravia"
(1990). The series provides a survey, country by country of women's
writing from the beginnings of the major struggle for emancipation
up to the present day. While the main emphasis is on literature,
the social, political and cultural development of each country
provides a context for understanding the position and
preoccupations of women writers. Modern critical currents are also
taken into account in relating feminist criticism to recent
critical theory. Other volumes in this series include "Norwegian
Women's Writing 1850-1990" and the forthcoming "Swedish Women's
Writing 1850-1990."
The past few years have featured such blockbusters as
"Super-Size Me," "Fahrenheit 9/11," "Sicko," "March of the
PenguinS," and "An Inconvenient Truth." And as news articles
proclaim a new era in the history of documentary films, more and
more new directors are making their first film a nonfiction one.
But in addition to posing all of the usual challenges inherent to
more standard filmmaking, documentaries also present unique
problems that need to be understood from the outset. Where does the
idea come from? How do you raise the money? How "much" money do you
need? What visual style is best suited to the story? What are the
legal issues involved? And how can a film reach that all-important
milestone and find a willing distributor? Epstein, Friedman, and
Wood tackle all of these important questions with examples and
anecdotes from their own careers. The result is an informative and
entertaining guide for those just starting out, and an enlightening
read for anyone interested in a behind-the-scenes look at this
newly reinvigorated field of film.
This volume offers a comprehensive historical account of writing by women in Italy. Covering writing from the Middle Ages to the present day, it moves away from narrow definitions of literature, and brings to light other forms of expression such as letter writing, religious and devotional writing, travel writing, and journalism. Contributors point to the considerable practical, social and ideological difficulties faced by women in writing and presenting their work to a wider reading public, but also highlight the determination of women through the centuries in making their voices heard.
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