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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