A city in search of an author : the literacy identity of Trieste / / Katie Pizzi

• Autore: Pizzi Katia
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.933245393
• Soggetto topico: Italian literature - Italy - Trieste - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: Trieste (Italy) Civilization
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: A city in search of an author
• ISBN: 1-282-45223-1; 9786612452239; 0-567-24497-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827280303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II