Their Other Side : Six American Women and the Lure of Italy.

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Our lives are Swiss,? Emily Dickinson wrote in 1859,?So still?so cool.? But over the Alps,?Italy stands the other side.? For Dickinson, as for many other writers and artists, Italy has been the land of light, a seductive source of invention, enchantment, and freedom. So it was for Helen Barolini, wh...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barolini, Helen, 1925-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2006.
Temas:
1800-1999
American literature > Women authors > Italian influences.
Women authors, American > Homes and haunts > Italy.
Women authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Women authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Écrits de femmes américains > Influence italienne.
Écrivaines américaines > Résidences et lieux familiers > Italie.
Écrivaines américaines > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Écrivaines américaines > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Literature
Women authors, American
Women authors, American > Homes and haunts
Italy > In literature.
Italy
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Our lives are Swiss,? Emily Dickinson wrote in 1859,?So still?so cool.? But over the Alps,?Italy stands the other side.? For Dickinson, as for many other writers and artists, Italy has been the land of light, a seductive source of invention, enchantment, and freedom. So it was for Helen Barolini, who, as a student in Rome after World War II, wrote her first poetry and gave birth to her own creative life, reinvigorating her mother tongue. In this book, Barolini celebrates the lives of other women whose imaginations succumbed to the lure of Italy. Here Barolini profiles six gifted women transf.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (431 pages)
ISBN:9780823226313
082322631X

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