Dacia Maraini

Broschiertes Buch

In Praise of Disobedience

Clare of Assisi, a Novel

Übersetzer: Tylus, Jane

Beschreibung

Dacia Maraini achieves a moving act of imagination. This brilliant secular writer discerns in an austere historical figure an icon for today. A visionary who liberated herself from the chains of materialism and patriarchy, in Marianiâ s masterful narrative Saint Clare becomes an inspirational figure for a new generation.

Autor

DACIA MARAINI is one of Italy’s most pre-eminent and beloved writers. She has written over thirty plays, as well as such novels as Voci (Voices) and the international bestseller La Lunga Vita di Marianna Ucrìa (The Silent Duchess).     JANE TYLUS is Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Italian and Professor of Comparative Literature at Yale University. Her works include a translation of the complete poetry of Gaspara Stampa, the co-edited collection Early Modern Cultures of Translation (with Karen Newman), and the monograph  Reclaiming Catherine of Siena, which won the MLA’s Howard Marraro Prize.  RUDOLPH M. BELL was Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Rutgers University. He was the author of The Voices of Gemma Galgani: The Life and Afterlife of a Modern Saint, with Cristina Mazzoni.  

Produktdetails

• Other Voices of Italy
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 123mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9781978833920
• ISBN-10: 197883392X
• Artikelnr.: 63732210