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Publications:
Francesco Ciabattoni: La citazione è sintomo d’amore. Carocci, 2016
La citazione è sintomo d’amore (Rome: Carocci, 2016) is a journey through the lyrics of songs that generations of Italians grew up to. The books shows the hidden net of allusions and references that turns the written words of novels and poems into words sung by the cantautori. La citazione è sintomo d’amore follows this literary dialogue in the lyrcs by Roberto Vecchioni, Francesco Guccini, Angelo Branduardi, Fabrizio De André, Francesco De Gregori and Claudio Baglioni, revealend a new face to these songwriters and radically changing our understanding of Italy’s most famous songs.
Laura Benedetti: Un paese di carta. Pacini, 2015
Rinchiusi in una modesta urna cineraria, i resti mortali di Alice seguono con straniata partecipazione le vicende delle due generazioni di donne che la vecchia bibliotecaria abruzzese trapiantata negli Stati Uniti si è lasciata alle spalle.
La figlia Jane, eroina di un conformismo quasi compiuto, e la nipote Sara, imbronciata adolescente in piena crisi di crescita morale e di identità sessuale, si adoperano per rispettare le stralunate ultime volontà della matriarca emigrata, e la più giovane si offre di portarne le ceneri in Italia.
L’attende un paese diverso da quello iscritto nel suo immaginario, come diversa si rivela la figura della nonna scomparsa, in un viaggio che costringe a misurare la distanza tra passato e presente, illusione e realtà, le ragioni di chi parte e quelle di chi resta.
For more information see Un paese di carta.
Nicoletta Pireddu: The Workds of Claudio Magris, 2015
The first English book on contemporary Italian writer Claudio Magris, this study examines the connections between space and individual, national and European identity in his works. Magris invites us to cross the borders that enclose private and public spheres in order to discover the otherness within ourselves and reject the fanaticism of self-sameness. Through the recurring image of temporary homes, the book explores Magris’s incessant search for meaning and values, aiming at a habitable life, where diversity and tolerance can prevail over all fundamentalisms. With a sophisticated theoretical framework, this innovative analysis involves Magris’s entire fiction and non-fiction writings, down to his most recent, still untranslated collections. With what Pireddu calls “geography of domesticity,” Magris addresses the crucial question of the return to humanism that is moving literature and theory beyond the alleged death of the subject, and confirms the enduring value of the humanities as a critical and constructive tool.
For more information see The Workds of Claudio Magris.
Anna De Fina: The Handbook of Narrative Analysis, 2015
Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field, The Handbook of Narrative Analysis is the first comprehensive collection of sociolinguistic scholarship on narrative analysis to be published.
– Organized thematically to provide an accessible guide for how to engage with narrative without prescribing a rigid analytic framework
– Represents established modes of narrative analysis juxtaposed with innovative new methods for conducting narrative research
- Includes coverage of the latest advances in narrative analysis, from work on social media to small stories research
– Introduces and exemplifies a practice-based approach to narrative analysis that separates narrative from text so as to broaden the field beyond the printed page
For more information see The Handbook of Narrative Analysis.