Unspeakable Women: Selected Short Stories Written by Italian Women During Fascism

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Unspeakable Women: Selected Short Stories Written by Italian Women During Fascism

by Robin Pickering-Iazzi, Grazia Deledda (contributor), Maria Luisa Astaldi (contributor), Gianna Manzini (contributor), Ada Negri (contributor), Carola Prosperi (contributor), Pia Rimini (contributor), Clarice Tartufari (contributor)

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Despite the misogynist ideology of Italian Fascism, and contrary to the picture drawn in the most post-war literary histories and anthologies, the 1920s and 1930s were a time of wide publication and both popular and critical recognition for female authors in Italy. Focusing on the cultural pages of three major daily newspapers of the period, Robin Pickering-Iazzi discovere...more

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Published November 1st 1993 by The Feminist Press at CUNY

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