Bücher der Reihe Troubador Italian Studies

This book of essays explores the notion of Italian identity in a wide range of forms, including linguistic identity and unifying concepts evident in DanteΓÇÖs Commedia, environmental studies and issues related to gender and sexuality viewed through the lens of Italian literature, hybrid identity in a migration context, and regional identity with a particular focus on Sicily.

Recognised as the Italian capital of noir, Bologna (Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy) continues to produce striking writers. This book introduces Marilu Oliva, defined by Maurizo de Giovanni and Matteo Strukul as the most incisive voice of noir in Italy.

This book is the first English translation of Bellanova's 1943 anthology. The work and it's contextualizing introduction will give readers an insight into the themes, preoccupations and stylistic character of late Futurist poetry

This is the first book in English on the friendship that sprang up between these two major writers and the effects on both of that friendship. The encounter has long been undervalued by scholars, largely because Joyce and Svevo themselves appeared at times to attach relatively little importance to it, but it was in fact far from tangential to the development of their careers, coming as it did at key moments in their lives. This book is the first full study of the effect on both writers of their encounter and their unlikely friendship, in the light of the parallels between their life experiences and their shared culture.Stanislaus Joyce said: 'The happy chance that brought these two remarkable men together was a literary event that is likely to increase rather than decrease in interest in years to come'. A study of this unlikely friendship by an experienced Italianist will have much that is useful to say in this regard, particularly as our understanding of the importance of Svevo's Jewishness has changed greatly in recent years.

This interdisciplinary volume addresses the multiple dimensions of the ageing experience of Italian migrants in South Australia by revisiting the concepts of health and wellbeing, intergenerational family care-giving practices and the role of language and culture in the ageing process.

This is the first book to analyse the aesthetics and narrative structures of Bertolucci's films.

This is the first book to analyse the aesthetics and narrative structures of Bertolucci's films by using affective and cognitive theory in order to determine the ways in which they engageviewers emotionally and intellectually.

Calvino and the Pygmalion Paradigm is the first book-length analysis of the representation of the feminine in Calvino's fiction. Using the structural umbrella of the Pygmalion paradigm and using feminist interpretative techniques, this book offers interesting alternative readings of two of Calvino's important early narrative collections.

Out of Italy concerns the Italian contribution to life in North-East England since Roman times, with particular attention to the last 250 years. Over 300 evocative illustrations accompany a lively narrative which details the lives of many individuals and families within the broader context of their times.

The second of a two volume set of books which looks at the work of all those who wish to understand the important of Italo Svevo's work

The first of a two volume set of books which looks at the work of all those who wish to understand the important of Italo Svevo's work

What can two countries at the edge of Europe with very different histories, people and climates have in common? When brought together as they are in this book, probably for the first time, Sicily and Scotland prove to have some surprising similarities as well as more predictable differences.