The Conservatory of Santa Teresa
- Romano Bilenchi,
- A cura di:
- Charles Klopp,
- Melinda Nelson,
This volume is the first translation of Romano Bilenchi’s 1940 masterpiece to appear in English. This is surprising since The Conservatory of Santa Teresa is much more than an invaluable historical document of life in provincial Tuscany around the time of the First World War. It is truly one of the most important works of fiction published in Italy under Fascism. In telling of the pre-adolescent Sergio’s encounter with the larger world of sex, politics, and the violence and cruelty of adult life, Bilenchi succeeds in representing a universal paradigm, that of the clash of innocence with experience. But what makes Sergio’s trajectory unique is that he goes through it in the company of three extraordinary women who are at once femmes fatales and benevolent guides: his mother, his aunt, and his tutor, all almost unbearably beautiful, as least in Sergio’s eyes. These women, plus the dazzling landscape of the Sienese countryside as captured by Bilenchi, make Sergio’s journey an enviable even if sometimes painful and bewildering experience.
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-6655-824-8
- Collana: Studi e saggi
- Comitato scientifico: Studi di italianistica moderna e contemporanea nel mondo anglofono / Studies in Modern and Contemporary Italianistica in the Anglophone World
- Lingua: Inglese
- Argomento: Filologia
Acquisto
The Ohio State University, United States - ORCID: 0000-0001-8216-7426
Charles Klopp is Professor Emeritus of Italian at The Ohio State University and the author of many books and essays on Italian literature and culture. Melinda Nelson is an Assistant Provost at the same institution.
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2015
- Pagine: 230
- eISBN: 978-88-6655-824-8
- Licenza d'uso: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- © 2015 Author(s)
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2015
- eISBN: 978-88-6655-825-5
- Licenza d'uso: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- © 2015 Author(s)
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2015
- Pagine: 230
- ISBN: 978-88-6655-823-1
- Licenza d'uso: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- © 2015 Author(s)
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2015
- eISBN: 978-88-9273-372-5
- Licenza d'uso: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- © 2015 Author(s)
Informazioni bibliografiche
Titolo del libro
The Conservatory of Santa Teresa
Curatori
Charles Klopp, Melinda Nelson
Autori
Romano Bilenchi
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
230
Anno di pubblicazione
2015
Copyright
© 2015 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6655-824-8
ISBN Print
978-88-6655-823-1
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6655-824-8
eISBN (epub)
978-88-6655-825-5
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-372-5
Collana
Studi e saggi
ISSN della collana
2704-6478
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5919
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