LEADER 04812nam 2200829 450 001 9910780555403321 005 20230912160231.0 010 $a0-8020-3810-7 010 $a1-282-02891-X 010 $a9786612028915 010 $a1-4426-8375-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442683754 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004567 035 $a(EBL)3254808 035 $a(OCoLC)923068331 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000313738 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11220247 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313738 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10358420 035 $a(PQKB)11189519 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600424 035 $a(DE-B1597)465141 035 $a(OCoLC)944177252 035 $a(OCoLC)999368912 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442683754 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672278 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257952 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL202891 035 $a(OCoLC)958565515 035 $a(OCoLC)288095504 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105566 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/nh2x34 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418841 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672278 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3254808 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004567 100 $a20160923h20062006 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWriting to delight $eItalian short stories by nineteenth-century women writers /$fedited by Antonia Arslan and Gabriella Romani 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 225 0 $aToronto Italian Studies 300 $aTranslations of 7 short stories. 311 $a0-8020-3436-5 311 $a0-8020-3874-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction: Scenes from nineteenth-century Italy: delightful stories on those long, long, winter evenings / Gabriella Romani -- Checchina's virtue / Matilde Serao -- Paolina ; Aunt Severina ; The lady of the evening / Neera -- Winter evenings ; Learn a trade for a rainy day ; Dear hope / Marchesa Colombi -- The bread of the departed ; The caning / Caterina Percoto -- The coral necklace / Contessa Lara -- Woes of the middle class / Virginia Olper Monis -- Scorn for life / Bruno Sperani -- Afterword: Ladies, chickens, and queens: the stron voices of Italian women writers / Antonia Arslan. 330 $aThe nineteenth century represents a crucial historical and cultural phase in the development of modern Italy. -- Writing to Delight -- provides a selection of short stories written by some of the most accomplished and acclaimed female authors of nineteenth-century Italy, made available to an English-speaking audience for the first time through this translation. The stories that make up this anthology are written in a realistic vein and describe the life and concerns of women at a time when Italy was going through major social and economic changes. Imbued with didactic aims, the authors of these stories strove to inspire and at the same time educate their public. In this regard, -- Writing to Delight -- also serves as an instrument for a critical investigation of both the cultural productions of nineteenth-century Italy and the process of formation of modern Italian identities. With the growth of the middle-classes and a more diffuse literacy among the population, women became a visible and conspicuous social force as consumers of cultural goods, such as books and newspapers. Many of the writers included in this anthology - Matilde Serao, Marchesa Colombi, Neera, Contessa Lara - were not only very successful writers of fiction but also worked as journalists for some of the main national newspapers of the time. They were well acquainted with their readers' tastes and expectations and made such awareness an integral part of their creative process. Their fiction thus reflects the many topics and concerns that informed the social and cultural debates of nineteenth-century Italy. 410 0$aToronto Italian studies 606 $aShort stories, Italian$xWomen authors$vTranslations into English 606 $aItalian fiction$y19th century$vTranslations into English 606 $aItalian fiction$xWomen authors$vTranslations into English 608 $aTranslations. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aShort stories, Italian$xWomen authors 615 0$aItalian fiction 615 0$aItalian fiction$xWomen authors 676 $a853/.01089287 702 $aRomani$b Gabriella 702 $aArslan$b Antonia 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780555403321 996 $aWriting to delight$93768808 997 $aUNINA