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Italy and American female imagination /

"Through an analysis of literature and film, traces the significance of Italy--the physical place and imagined idea--to the identities of middle-class American women from the nineteenth century onward. Writers examined include Harriet Beecher Stowe, Margaret Fuller, Edith Wharton, Constance Fen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernardi, Debra, 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
American literature > Women authors > Italian influences.
Women travelers in literature.
Travelers' writings, American > History and criticism.
Women travelers > Italy > History.
Women in motion pictures.
Italy > In literature.
Italy > In motion pictures.
Voyageuses dans la littérature.
Voyageuses > Italie > Histoire.
Femmes au cinéma.
American literature > Women authors
Women in motion pictures
Women travelers > History.
Women travelers in literature
Italy
Literary criticism.
Film criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Critiques cinématographiques.
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Summary:"Through an analysis of literature and film, traces the significance of Italy--the physical place and imagined idea--to the identities of middle-class American women from the nineteenth century onward. Writers examined include Harriet Beecher Stowe, Margaret Fuller, Edith Wharton, Constance Fenimore Woolson, Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Spencer, Andrea Lee, and Elizabeth Gilbert"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:x, 211 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and index.
ISBN:9780814216019
0814216013