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"Why Manzoni's I promesi sposi and 'Del romanzo storico' -- models, respectively, for the writing and the theoretical rejection of historical fiction -- should continue to resonate in both the creation of and debates surrounding twentieth-century Italian fiction is a question amply and eloquently answered in Della Coletta's Plotting the Past. A felicitous combination of broad contextual and detailed textual analyses, these readings of Manzoni, Lampedusa, Morante, and Eco animate issues of genre, gender, historiography, literary history, and epistemology, all the while focusing on the construction of what might be called an 'ethics of historical fiction.' The relationship of that vexing couple -- history and fiction -- has rarely been so lucidly scrutinized, nor the reasons for its continuing union so convincingly and gracefully argued. This book is a major achievement". -- Rebecca West, University of Chicago
"Why Manzoni's I promesi sposi and 'Del romanzo storico' -- models, respectively, for the writing and the theoretical rejection of historical fiction -- should continue to resonate in both the creation of and debates surrounding twentieth-century Italian fiction is a question amply and eloquently...
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Cristina Della Coletta's research focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth- century Italian literature, especially literary theory, fantastic fiction, and the historical novel. She is the author of articles on Sebastiano Vassalli, P. M. Pasinetti, Italo Calvino, Aldo Palazzeschi, Luigi Capuana, and Dante.
Cristina Della Coletta's research focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth- century Italian literature, especially literary theory, fantastic fiction, and the historical novel. She is the author of articles on Sebastiano Vassalli, P. M. Pasinetti, Italo Calvino, Aldo Palazzeschi, Luigi Capuana, and D...
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