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Postal Culture - Writing and Reading Letters in Post-Unification Italy

English · Hardback

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In Postal Culture, Gabriella Romani examines the role of the letter in Italian literature, cultural production, communication, and politics.


List of contents










Part I:

Chapter I: Postal Culture after 1861: an Introduction

Chapter II: Writing and Reading Letters: the Nationalization of the Italian Postal Service, Epistolary Manuals, and the Printed Media.

Part II:

Chapter III: Fictionalizing the Letter: Giovanni Verga’s Storia di una capinera.

Chapter IV: Cœresponding with her Readers: the Sentimental Politics of Matilde Serao’s Epistolary Fiction.

Chapter V: Conclusions

Appendix: Letters transcribed from newspapers:

Ippolito Nievo: “Sulla convenienza per le fanciulle di adoperare anche nell’uso domestico la lingua comune italiana.” (La Ricamatrice)

Pacifico Valussi: “La Donna italiana: Lettera I, II, III, IV, V” (La Ricamatrice)

Caterina Percoto: “Memorie dal convento” I, II, III, IV (Giornale delle Famiglie)

Matilde Serao, “La serva” (La Stampa)

Marchesa Colombi, “La padrona” (La Stampa)

Neera, “La donna libera” (L’Illustrazione Italiana)

Marchesa Colombi, “La donna povera” (L’Illustrazione Italiana)

Anna Maria Mozzoni, “Lettera aperta a Matilde Serao.” (La Lega della Democrazia)

Matilde Serao, “Lettera aperta a Anna Maria Mozzoni.” (La Lega della Democrazia)

Bibliography

Index


About the author










Gabriella Romani is an associate professor of Italian at Seton Hall University.


Summary

In Postal Culture, Gabriella Romani examines the role of the letter in Italian literature, cultural production, communication, and politics.

Product details

Authors Gabriella Romani
Publisher University of Toronto Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 05.12.2013
 
EAN 9781442647084
ISBN 978-1-4426-4708-4
No. of pages 277
Series Toronto Italian Studies
Toronto Italian Studies
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

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