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National Cultures and Foreign Narratives in Italy, 1903–1943

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Authors:
  1. Francesca Billiani

    1. School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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  • Explores the importance of translations of foreign literature in Italy, to the fall of the Fascist regime in 1943

  • A translation of Francesca Billiani's groundbreaking work Culture nazionali e narrazioni straniere. Italia, 1903-1943

  • Analyzes the aesthetic capital of translated texts during the period in shaping cultural taste

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Atlases of Translations

    • Francesca Billiani
    Pages 1-21

  3. Orientations: La Voce and Gobetti

    • Francesca Billiani
    Pages 23-61

  4. The Twenties: Cultural Explorations and Experimentations Between Highbrow and Popular (1918–1932)

    • Francesca Billiani
    Pages 63-118

  5. The 1930s: The Spaces of Culture (1932–1938)

    • Francesca Billiani
    Pages 119-151

  6. Versatile Publishing Projects (1938–1943)

    • Francesca Billiani
    Pages 153-190

  7. Classics Revisited

    • Francesca Billiani
    Pages 191-222

  8. Conclusion

    • Francesca Billiani
    Pages 223-225

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 227-258
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About this book

National Cultures and Foreign Narratives charts the pathways through which foreign literature in translation has arrived in Italy during the first half of the twentieth century. To show the contribution translations made to shaping an Italian national culture, it draws on a wealth of archival material made available in English for the first time.



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“National Cultures and Foreign Narratives in Italy, 1903–1943 is an inspiring text that will prove fundamental to any scholar who, for varying motivations, would like to consider the diffusion of foreign literature in Italy in the first half of the century. The author offers a detailed and engaging overview on the circulation of literature and translations in Italy between 1940-43.” (Valentina Geri, Annali d'italianistica, Vol. 40, 2022)

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Francesca Billiani

About the author

Francesca Billiani is a Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. She is the co-author with Laura Pennacchietti of Architecture and the Novel under the Italian Fascist Regime (2019) and has published in the fields of Italian intellectual and cultural history, especially concerning translation and the arts.



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