"The essays in this volume are based on the papers delivered at the Conference on 'Women and Writing in Nineteenth-Century Italy' held in February 1997 at the University of Reading and University College London..." - Preface.

Articles in English and Italian.

Occasional papers ; 5

Risorgimento al femminile / Giuliana Morandini

In viaggio fra Occidente e Oriente: Cristina di Belgiojoso scrittrice et saggista / Ricciarda Ricorda

I giornali femminili della metà dell'Ottocento / Angiola Ferraris

Proper behaviour: women, the novel, and conduct books in nineteenth-century Italy / Ann Hallamore Caesar

Neera, scrittrice della nuova Italia / Francesca Sanvitale

L'esperienza verista nell'opera della Marchesa Colombi / Emmanuelle Genevois

A room of one's own: gender and genius in Annie Vivanti's I divoratori / Adalgisa Giorgio

Modernity and gender-role conflict in Maria Messina / Lucienne Kroha and Alexandra Haedrich

Tradition and innovation in the 1880s: Annie Vivanti and Contessa Lara / Emmanuela Tandello

Cecilia Stazzone and Sicilian theatre / Sharon Wood

Giacinta Pezzana tra scena e pagina / Paolo Puppa.

Italian literature > Women authors > History and criticism.

Italian literature > 19th century > History and criticism.

Women authors, Italian > History and criticism.

Society for Italian Studies.