Elsa Morante's Politics of Writing by Stefania Lucamante, Cla... - 9781611477948

Elsa Morante's Politics of WritingRethinking Subjectivity, History, and the Power of Art\nAuthor(s): Stefania Lucamante, Claude Cazal Brard, Sarah Carey, Flavia Cartoni, Gandolfo Cascio, Francesco Chillemi, Giovanna De Luca, Manuele Gragnolati, Thomas Harrison, Claudia Karagoz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Associated University Presses, United States\nImprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press\nISBN-13: 9781611477948, 978-1611477948\nSynopsis\nElsa Morantes Politics of Writing is a collected volume of twenty-one essays written by Morante specialists and international scholars. Essays gather attention on four broad critical topics, namely the relationship Morante entertained with the arts, cinema, theatre, and the visual arts; new critical approaches to her four novels; treatment of body and sexual politics; and Morantes prophetic voice as it emerges in both her literary works and her essayistic writings. Essays focus on Elsa Morantes strategies to address her wide disinterest (and.