Dacia Maraini

Gebundenes Buch

In Praise of Disobedience

Clare of Assisi, a Novel

Übersetzer: Tylus, Jane

Beschreibung

An author receives a mysterious e-mail begging her to tell the story of Clare of Assisi, the thirteenth-century Italian saint. As she becomes captivated by this subversive figure, the author tells the inspirational story of Saint Claire, a visionary who liberated herself from the chains of materialism and patriarchy.   

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

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 132mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9781978833937
• ISBN-10: 1978833938
• Artikelnr.: 63735781