05157nam 22008175 450 991079122520332120240119174406.01-4426-6725-71-4426-6723-010.3138/9781442667235(CKB)2550000001197531(EBL)3290454(SSID)ssj0001151053(PQKBManifestationID)12552969(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001151053(PQKBWorkID)11105472(PQKB)10166235(MiAaPQ)EBC4670262(CEL)447032(OCoLC)870652515(CaBNVSL)thg00910411(MiAaPQ)EBC3290454(DE-B1597)496932(OCoLC)1078917617(DE-B1597)9781442667235(OCoLC)868068677(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106450(EXLCZ)99255000000119753120181207d2018 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrPostal Culture Writing and Reading Letters in Post-Unification Italy /Gabriella RomaniToronto :University of Toronto Press,[2018]©20131 online resource (283 p.)Toronto Italian studiesAppendix includes letters transcribed from Italian newspapers.1-4426-4708-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-266) and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Part I""; ""1 Postal Culture after 1861: An Introduction""; ""2 Writing and Reading Letters: The Nationalization of the Italian Postal Service, Epistolary Manuals, and the Print Media""; ""Part II""; ""3 Fictionalizing the Letter: Giovanni Vergaâ€?s Storia di una capinera""; ""4 Coeur-responding with Her Readers: The Sentimental Politics of Matilde Seraoâ€?s Epistolary Fiction""; ""5 Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Letters Transcribed from Newspapers""""Ippolito Nievo, â€oeSulla convenienza per le fanciulle di adoperare anche nellâ€?uso domestico la lingua comune italianaâ€? (La Ricamatrice)""""Pacifico Valussi, â€oeLa donna italiana: Lettera I, II, III, IV, Vâ€? (La Ricamatrice)""; ""Caterina Percoto, â€oeMemorie di Conventoâ€? I, II, III, IV (Giornale delle Famiglie)""; ""Matilde Serao, â€oeLa Servaâ€? (La Stampa)""; ""Marchesa Colombi, â€oeLa Padronaâ€? (La Stampa)""; ""Neera, â€oeLa Donna Liberaâ€? (Lâ€?Illustrazione Italiana)""; ""Marchesa Colombi, â€oeLa Donna Poveraâ€? (Lâ€?Illustrazione Italiana)""""Anna Maria Mozzoni, â€oeLettera aperta di Anna Maria Mozzoni a Matilde Seraoâ€? (La Lega della Democrazia)""""Matilde Serao, â€oeLettera aperta a Anna Maria Mozzoni di Matilde Seraoâ€? (La Lega della Democrazia)""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""AnnotationThe nationalization of the postal service in Italy transformed post-unification letter writing as a cultural medium. Both a harbinger of progress and an expanded, more efficient means of circulating information, the national postal service served as a bridge between the private world of personal communication and the public arena of information exchange and production of public opinion. As a growing number of people read and wrote letters, they became part of a larger community that regarded the letter not only as an important channel in the process of information exchange, but also as a necessary instrument in the education and modernization of the nation. In Postal Culture, Gabriella Romani examines the role of the letter in Italian literature, cultural production, communication, and politics. She argues that the reading and writing of letters, along with epistolary fiction, epistolary manuals, and correspondence published in newspapers, fostered a sense of community and national identity and thus became a force for social change.Toronto Italian studies.Communication and technologyItalyHistory19th centuryPostal serviceItalyHistory19th centuryWritten communicationItalyHistory19th centuryLetter writingItalyHistory19th centuryLiterature and societyItalyHistory19th centuryEpistolary fiction, ItalianHistory and criticismItalySocial life and customs19th centuryItalyCivilization19th centuryHistory.Criticism, interpretation, etc.Communication and technologyHistoryPostal serviceHistoryWritten communicationHistoryLetter writingHistoryLiterature and societyHistoryEpistolary fiction, ItalianHistory and criticism.856/.809Romani Gabriella1174886DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910791225203321Postal Culture3676705UNINA