Title: Figuring women : a thematic study of Giovanni Verga's female characters /
Authors: Amatangelo, Susan, 1967-
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Verga, Giovanni, Characters Women.
Abstract: "Figuring Women: A Thematic Study of Giovanni Verga's Female Characters examines Verga's heroines in the social and cultural context of nineteenth-century Italy. In particular, the work highlights the ways in which social reality and cultural fantasy clash with women's individuality. In this vein, the study focuses on the critical moments in the formation of female identity and on the roles and relationships that define these moments. This thematic approach allows comparisons among characters in dramatically different circumstances and brings to light the experiences that unite them."
Contents: Adolescence -- Marriage -- Motherhood -- Sisterhood -- Fatal womanhood.