'Neill woill not be surprised to learn that I and, I trust, many others,
would opt for Italo Svevo's La coscienza di Zeno, which would have the
added advantage of enabling you to make connections with Joyce, Musil
etc.
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Tom O'Neill wrote:
> Reply to: RE>>Anna Maria Ortese
>
> It has to be Il Gattopardo.....
>
> --------------------------------------
> Date: 1/4/98 11:22 PM
> To: Tom O'Neill
> From: [log in to unmask]
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> In regard to Bruce McPherson's query below--
>
> I am actually a lurker on this list from an English department. I
> specialize in Renaissance/17th century/history of rhetoric and therefore
> need Italian, which I am currently learning.
>
> However, I *do* teach World Literature at least once per year--it is a
> core requirement for undergraduates--and would be interested in hearing
> what authors/titles of twentieth century Italian literature I might
> consider for such a course. (Note, of course, that I cover 6-7
> centuries from a number of national literatures in the course of a
> semester and thus could only include one twentieth-century Italian
> author, if that.)
>
> Jameela Lares
> Department of English
> University of Southern Mississippi
> Hattiesburg, MS 39406
>
>
> On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, bmcpher wrote:
>
> > Dear Italianists,
> > I rather suspect that most subscribers to this list already know of the
> > passing of Anna Maria Ortese three weeks ago. It was and still is
> > particularly upsetting for me, since she had been uppermost in mind for
> > the three months previous while we were finishing the details of the
> > publication of another volume of her stories in English translation.
> > "We" consists of the translator, Henry Martin, and myself, as publisher
> > of McPherson & Company. This happens to be the third volume of her work
> > we will have issued in the past ten years, following upon The Iguana and
> > the first volume of A Music Behind the Wall: Selected Stories. Because
> > we are one of the very few American publishers of contemporary (and
> > broadly stated, 20th century) Italian literature, I hope it is not seen
> > as untoward for me to ask you for your suggestions or ideas for
> > enlarging the readership for Ortese and other Italian authors, whose
> > work really ought to be integrated within, I believe, our larger
> > cultural and intellectual spheres. Particularly in these provincial
> > United States. I happen to be in close touch with several other
> > publishers in the field, both in the U.S. and the U.K., and despite
> > their commitment, their general outlook is far from sanguine for Italian
> > fiction. I still believe that we can and should publish the very best
> > books, but I am more and more uncertain how to enliven the audience for
> > these books. I am wondering, therefore, (1) how our publishing
> > activities might intersect with conferences, journals, scholars,
> > reviewers, etc. specifically in the field of Italian studies, and (2)
> > how contemporary Italian studies might be positioned more centrally in
> > our cultural milieu.
> > Yours,
> > Bruce McPherson
> > www.mcphersonco.com
> >
>
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