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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456493203321

Autore

Pizzi Katia

Titolo

A city in search of an author [[electronic resource] ] : the literacy identity of Trieste / / Katie Pizzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2001

ISBN

1-282-45223-1

9786612452239

0-567-24497-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Disciplina

809.933245393

Soggetti

Italian literature - Italy - Trieste - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Trieste (Italy) Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-214) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Maps; Chronology (1910-96); Introduction; Chapter 1 Literary Trieste, Triestine Literature and Triestinità; Chapter 2 Lettemtura di Frontiera-Letteratura di Frontiere; Chapter 3 The Myth of an Italian Motherland; Chapter 4 Quale triestinita? Gender, Confession, Ethnicity; Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Poised between the Mediterranean and the Mitteleuropa, crossroads of civilizations and seat of vibrant cultural and literary life, Trieste is now acknowledged as enjoying unrivalled cultural status amongst Italian cities. This volume, the first comprehensive study of Triestine literature in English, originally reassesses Trieste+ås literary identity, paying particular attention to the period between 1918 and 1954 when local writing became intensely aware of its local specificity and some of its central motifs came prominently to the fore. Trieste+ås singular border identity, mirrored in a vari