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Unspeakable Women: Selected Short Stories Written by Italian Women During Fascism
Unspeakable Women Selected Short Stories Written by Italian Women During Fascism Author:Robin Pickering-Iazzi Despite the misogynist ideology of Italian Fascism, and contrary to claims of most postwar literary histories and anthologies, in the 1920s and 1930s, women authors enjoyed wide publication and critical recognition in Italy. From the cultural pages of three major daily newspapers of the period, Robin Pickering-Iazzi chose 16 stories unavailable ... more »for over 60 years, including three by Grazia Deledda, the 1926 Nobel Prize winner. All offer evidence of resistance to the self-sacrificing ideal of the New Woman of Fascism.« less