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This book explores the influence of interpersonal relationships on self-perception, tracing the motif through centuries of Italian literary tradition. Through close readings of key texts, the volume illuminates how Italian authors have depicted encounters with the Other, providing readers with insights into the intricacies of the human condition.
List of contents
Foreword, Eugenio Refini
Introduction, Giulia M. Cipriani
Chapter One: Double Fortunes, Double Faces: De Remediis's Structure of Alterity, Paolo Rigo
Chapter Two: Mediterranean Clashes: Interreligious Encounters in the Decameron, Martina Franzini
Chapter Three: Lunar Otherness: Astolfo, Medoro, and the Moon in the Furioso, Alberto Luca Zuliani
Chapter Four: Teofilo Folengo and his Antiquities. The Role of the Generative Metaphor, Cristina D'Errico
Chapter Five: Shifted Identities and Encounters with the Other in Gerusalemme Liberata XII, Giulia M. Cipriani
Chapter Six: 'But are they in reality the same people?': The Molecular Transformation of Personality in Antonio Gramsci's Letters from Prison, Alessio Panichi
Chapter Seven: Alterity and War: Women in the Italian Resistance, Silvia Raimondi
Chapter Eight: The Sclerotic Dialectic: Reading Gadda's La cognizione del dolore through Hegel, Marta Cerreti
Chapter Nine: Identity and Alterity in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels, Alessia J. Mingrone
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Edited by Giulia M. Cipriani - Foreword by Eugenio Refini - Contributions by Marta Cerreti; Giulia M. Cipriani; Cristina D'Errico; Martina Franzini; Alessia Joanna Mingrone; Alessio Panichi; Silvia Raimondi; Paolo Rigo and Alberto Luca Zuliani
