Description: Further DetailsTitle: Finding FerranteCondition: NewEAN: 9780231200417ISBN: 9780231200417Publisher: Columbia University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/25/2021Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Alessia RicciardiLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Authorship and the Politics of World LiteratureISBN-10: 0231200412Description: Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels achieved stunning global success in part because of the mystery surrounding their pseudonymous author. English-speaking readers were tantalized by her enigmatic biography as well as what they took to be her authentic portrayal of working-class Naples. However, we now know that the person behind the writing is most likely Anita Raja, a prominent translator of German literature whose background is very different from Ferrante’s supposed life.In Finding Ferrante, Alessia Ricciardi revisits questions about Ferrante’s identity to show how the problem of authorship is deeply intertwined with the novels’ literary ambition and politics. Going beyond the local and national cultures of Naples and Italy, Ricciardi reads Ferrante’s fiction as world literature, foregrounding Raja’s work as a translator. She examines the novels’ engagement with German literature and criticism, particularly Goethe, Walter Benjamin, and Christa Wolf, while also tracing the influence of Italian thinkers such as Antonio Gramsci, Carla Lonzi, and the Milan Women’s Bookstore Collective. Considering central questions of sexuality, work, politics, and place, Ricciardi demonstrates how intertextual resonances reshape our understanding of Lila and Elena, the protagonists of the Neapolitan Quartet, as well as the characters and language of Ferrante’s other books.This bold reconsideration of one of today’s most acclaimed authors reveals Ferrante’s works as fiercely intellectual, showing their deep concern with feminist and cultural politics and the ethical and political stakes of literature.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Children's Learning & EducationRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Finding Ferrante
Title: Finding Ferrante
EAN: 9780231200417
ISBN: 9780231200417
Release Date: 05/25/2021
Release Year: 2021
Subtitle: Authorship and the Politics of World Literature
ISBN-10: 0231200412
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Children's Learning & Education
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Finding Ferrante : Authorship and the Politics of World Literature
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: Women Authors, Feminist, European / Italian
Item Height: 0.1 in
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 0.9 in
Author: Alessia Ricciardi
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
