Publication

1999 - Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Madison, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

47,250 words, Guess

Page Count

189 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL389806M
  • ISBN-100838638015
  • OCLC Control Number40489380
  • Library of Congress Control Number98054788
  • Goodreads2325835

Classifications

  • DDC853/.8
  • LCCPQ4841.E7 Z89 1999

Description

"Matilde Serao's richly detailed narratives created a metamorphical city of women negotiating the social and cultural byways of turn-of-the-century Italy. With each text, Serao (1856-1927) added another stratum to her imaginary metropolis, grounding her works in realistic detail and acute social observation. Over the course of almost thirty novels, more than one hundred short stories, and innumerable newspaper articles, Serao articulated her own vision of female destiny in a society governed by traditional, often restrictive, paradigms of female behavior. This study examines how Serao refashioned traditional genres throughout her long literary career, a narrative strategy that allowed her to focus specifically on the depiction of female experiences."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

Women in literatureWomen in literature.Criticism and interpretationSerao, Matilde, 1856-1927 -- Criticism and interpretation.

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