Annie Chartres Vivanti: Transnational Politics, Identity, and Culture

by Sharon Wood (Editor), Erica Moretti (Editor), Sabrina Cavallucci (Contribution by), Sara Ceroni (Contribution by), Chiara Chini (Contribution by)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683930068
Publisher:	University Press Copublishing Division
Publication date:	10/12/2016
Series:	The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sharon Wood is professor emerita of Italian at the University of Leicester.

Erica Moretti is assistant professor of Italian at Fashion Institute of Technology-SUNY.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I: Constructing a Female Self
1Ogres and Belles: Vivanti, Carducci, and Mentorship in Post-Unification Italy
Ombretta Frau
2Performing Femininities: Singers, Sirens and Mothers
Ursula Fanning
3 From Circe to Fosca: Annie Vivanti and the Femme Fatale
Julie Dashwood
4War Rape and Hybrid Birth
Cristina Gragnani
II: Translation and Cultural Mediation
5Annie Vivanti’s Transatlantic Crossings
Mariarosa Mettifogo
6A ‘Mistaken’ Choice of Language? A Case of Self-Translation
Marianna Deganutti
7Dominance and Subversion in Annie Vivanti’s “Tenebroso Amore”
Sara Ceroni
III: Political Engagement and Journalism
8Annie Vivanti, Journalist and Critic
Anne Urbancic
9A Literary Collaboration: Annie Vivanti and Corriere della Sera
Erica Moretti
10Annie Vivanti and the Struggle for Irish Independence
Chiara Chini
11“La grande divoratrice:” 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
Enrico Minardi
13Annie’s Laugh: Humor, Satire, and Irony in Vivanti’s Works
Sabrina Cavallucci
14Enchanted Journeys: Vivanti’s Writings for Children
Giulia Pezzuolo
V: Reception and Adaptation
15A Woman on Display: Annie Vivanti’s Marion artista di caffè-concerto
Lisa Sarti
16Annie Vivanti’s Fortunes in France
Filippo Fonio
17Guai ai vinti, From Novel to Film
Stephen Gundle and Simona Storchi
Index
About the Editors and Contributors

Editorial Reviews

Annie Chartres Vivanti. Transnational Politics, Identity, and Culture tackles the important and multifaceted oeuvre of this modern author.... [T]his collection adds significantly to the bibliography on Vivanti’s life and work. Annie Chartres Vivanti. Transnational Politics, Identity, and Culture is a welcome, key reference in English on Annie Chartres Vivanti and her time; its essays offer a multifaceted approach to most of Vivanti’s works, which will hopefully inspire renewed attention to this important writer. The volume can also be an excellent source for courses on women writers, fin-de-siècle poetry and Italian literature, but also on the history of journalism, the representations and legacy of World War I, and transnational authors at large.

gender/sexuality/italy

The academic rigor and the plurality of viewpoints of this edited collection serve well to offer scholarly readership a composite account of Vivanti’s polyhedric personality and writings. Firmly and stimulatingly engaging with the multiple cultural networks and contexts of Italy and beyond, this timely volume facilitates a full reappraisal of a key cultural figure of turn-the-century Italy.

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