Our era seems beset by the peddling of ‘post truth’ politics, by the derision of critical voices as purveyors of ‘fake news’ and by the convulsive hold of chauvinistic nationalisms and populist agendas. Against that backdrop, ‘Ressentiment’ is a notion that deserves renewed attention and analysis. This book’s reappraisal focuses on the past/present predicament ofContinue reading “Re-Thinking Ressentiment”
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Italian Women’s Autobiographical Writings in the Twentieth Century: Constructing Subjects by Assoc Prof Ursula Fanning
This book highlights the centrality of the autobiographical enterprise to Italian women’s writing through the twentieth century—a century that has frequently been referred to as the century of the self. Ursula Fanning addresses the thorny issue of essentialism potentially involved in underlining links between women’s writing and autobiographical modes, and ultimately rejects it in favorContinue reading “Italian Women’s Autobiographical Writings in the Twentieth Century: Constructing Subjects by Assoc Prof Ursula Fanning”