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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barolini, Helen, 1925-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
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.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Essays.
Literature
Women authors, American
Women authors, American > Homes and haunts
Italy > In literature.
Italy
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ardor and apocalypse : the timeless trajectory of Margaret Fuller
  • The Italian side of Emily Dickinson
  • Constance Woolson and death in Venice
  • Mabel Dodge Luhan : in search of a personal south
  • Yankee principessa : Marguerite Caetani
  • Iris Origo : to the manor/manner born.

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