LEADER 03830nam 22007575 450 001 9910595060803321 005 20230810175134.0 010 $a3-031-03898-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-03898-3 035 $a(CKB)5840000000091631 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7102058 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7102058 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-03898-3 035 $a(EXLCZ)995840000000091631 100 $a20220922d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAnonymity in Eighteenth-Century Italian Publishing $eThe Absent Author /$fby Lodovica Braida 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (229 pages) 225 1 $aNew Directions in Book History,$x2634-6125 311 $a3-031-03897-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 Introduction. The Absent Author: Functions and Uses of Anonymous Authorship -- Chapter 2 The Ambiguities of the ?Author Function? -- Chapter 3 Anonymity in Travel Books -- Chapter 4 Giuseppe Parini: Between Anonymity and Revealing the Author?s Name -- Chapter 5 Carlo Goldoni and the Construction of Authorship -- Chapter 6 Novels: Read Them and Forget Them. 330 $aThis book focuses on the different forms in which authorship came to be expressed in eighteenth-century Italian publishing. It analyses both the affirmation of the ?author function?, and, above all, its paradoxical opposite: the use of anonymity, a centuries-old practice present everywhere in Europe but often neglected by scholarship. The reasons why authors chose to publish their works anonymously were manifold, including prudence, fear of censorship, modesty, fear of personal criticism, or simple divertissement. In many cases, it was an ethical choice, especially for ecclesiastics. The Italian case provides a key perspective on the study of anonymity in the European context, contributing to the analysis of an overlooked topic in academic studies. Lodovica Braida is Professor of History of the Book at the University of Milan, Italy. Her work is devoted to the history of written culture and reading practices in early modern Europe, particularly in Italy, in a perspective of sociocultural history that dialogues with bibliography, literary criticism, and intellectual history. 410 0$aNew Directions in Book History,$x2634-6125 606 $aLiterature, Modern$x18th century 606 $aEuropean literature 606 $aLiterature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPrinting 606 $aPublishers and publishing 606 $aBooks$xHistory 606 $aItaly$xHistory 606 $aEighteenth-Century Literature 606 $aEuropean Literature 606 $aLiterary History 606 $aPrinting and Publishing 606 $aHistory of the Book 606 $aHistory of Italy 615 0$aLiterature, Modern$x18th century. 615 0$aEuropean literature. 615 0$aLiterature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPrinting. 615 0$aPublishers and publishing. 615 0$aBooks$xHistory. 615 0$aItaly$xHistory. 615 14$aEighteenth-Century Literature. 615 24$aEuropean Literature. 615 24$aLiterary History. 615 24$aPrinting and Publishing. 615 24$aHistory of the Book. 615 24$aHistory of Italy. 676 $a850.9006 676 $a850.9006 700 $aBraida$b Lodovica$0184347 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910595060803321 996 $aAnonymity in Eighteenth-Century Italian Publishing$92915859 997 $aUNINA