Sibilla Aleramo

For a book that sent shock waves through the European literary establishment and, since its original publication in 1906 has gone through seven editions along with highly cclaimed translations into all th principal languages of Europe, A Woman (Una Donna) by Sibilla Aleramo (1876-1960) has remained curiously obscure in America. Aleramo's lightly fictionalized memoir presented a kaleidoscopic series of Italian images—the frenetic industrialism of the North, the miserable squalor of the country's backward areas to the South, fin de siècle Italian politics and literary life—all set in the framework of a drama admiringly characterized by Luigi Pirandellow as "grim and powerful." For some other Italians, A woman touched ar aw nerve, and many critics reacted to Aleramo with extreme hostility. However, whether one liked Aleramo's novel or not, the book was an iceberg in the mainstream of Italian literary life, impossible to get around without careful inspection. --From the introduction

A Woman

Questo romanzo di Sibilla Aleramo è del 1906. La sua immediata fortuna in Italia e nei paesi in cui fu tradotto segnalò una nuova scrittrice, che in seguito avrebbe fornito altre prove di valore, segnatamente nella poesia. Ma soprattutto esso richiamò l'attenzione per il suo tema: si tratta infatti di uno dei primi libri 'femmisti' apparsi da noi.

Una donna

امرأة

Amo dunque sono

note di taccuino e altre ancora

Orsa minore

Alessandra Cenni

Liebesbriefe an Lina

Una Mujer

Dino Campana

Bruna Conti

lettere 1916-1918

Un viaggio chiamato amore

This gripping novel tells the story of a young Italian woman who is forced to flee her abusive husband and seek refuge in a convent. Through her experiences, readers will gain insight into the challenges faced by women in early 20th century Italy, and the ways in which they strove to overcome them. It is a must-read for anyone interested in feminist literature and women's history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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