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Research paper thumbnail of (un)familiar ground european domestic dramas in the fiction of Joseph Conrad

Research paper thumbnail of Architetture di senso: spazio e testo in Ivan Vladislavić Meaningful Architectures: Space and Text in Ivan Vladislavić

Questo articolo indaga alcune trasformazioni urbane/politiche/linguistiche nella Johannesburg del... more Questo articolo indaga alcune trasformazioni urbane/politiche/linguistiche nella Johannesburg della transizione e del dopo-apartheid in due romanzi del sudafricano Ivan Vladislavić, The Folly (1993) e The Exploded View (2004). Analizzando la relazione tra architettura e scrittura nei due testi, l'articolo mostra come la narrativa metaforica di Vladislavić offra un nuovo sguardo su vecchie questioni come quella del rapporto tra impegno e letteratura nel paese. | This article focuses on urban/political/linguistic transformations in transitional and post-apartheid Johannesburg, as they emerge in two novels by the South African writer Ivan Vladislavić: The Folly (1993) and The Exploded View (2004). Analysing the connections between architecture and writing in these texts, this article shows how Vladislavić's metaphorical narrative offers fresh insights into old questions such as the relationship between engagement and literature in South Africa.

Research paper thumbnail of Paving ground donna e strada nella poesia di Amy Levy

The aim of this article is to contextualise some poems on London by Jewish, feminist, queer poet ... more The aim of this article is to contextualise some poems on London by Jewish, feminist, queer poet Amy Levy (1861-1889). Featuring in the collection titled A London Plane-Tree and Other Verse (1889), which came out right after Levy’s suicide, the poems lay the ground for the representation of a flâneuse, a particularly original one in the English literary scenario of the time. These are the years when London was offering new chances to the New Women, and Levy took the opportunity to locate the female subject outside the house, where it had so far played the part of its angel. Born and raised in an intellectual, lay and progressive surrounding, Levy developed a particular relationship with issues of femininity, reflected upon the bond between women and the city, also drawing from the tradition of the Wandering Jew, with whom she partially shared the perception of her own otherness. Levy’s flâneuse in London is a ground-breaking exception in the poetical tradition established by canonical writers such as Blake, Wordsworth, and Wilde because she does not fit the typical Manichean representations of women of the time, as either sexual preys or sexual predators.

Research paper thumbnail of I like to think instead: percorsi di dissidenza nella poesia di Ingrid de Kok

The aim of this article is to explore strategies of significance in the lyrics of the South Afric... more The aim of this article is to explore strategies of significance in the lyrics of the South African poet Ingrid de Kok. I will be analysing the way she deals with the history of South Africa in various collections of poetry with the aid of some of her essays. I will particularly focus on the difficult balance between collective and personal ethos in her works, highlighting her linguistic search for creative spaces not colonized by the widespread and still racially loaded ideologies of her country. One of the main features in de Kok's poetry, I believe, is her capacity to allow opposing realities to coexist. My article will deal with the notion of juxtaposition the way it surfaces in her poems. Keywords Ingrid de Kok. South African English poetry. Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Apartheid. Post-apartheid. Sommario 1 Bianchi, anglofoni, sudafricani, poeti.-2 Ingrid de Kok.-3 Reciprocità.-4 Controcanto.-5 Rimozioni.-6 Oggi. accanto a voci inglesi e americane; a Macnab, Gulston 1948, che esce con lo scopo dichiarato di 'promuovere' la poesia sudafricana o a Miller, Sergeant 1957.

Research paper thumbnail of (un)familiar ground european domestic dramas in the fiction of Joseph Conrad

Research paper thumbnail of Architetture di senso: spazio e testo in Ivan Vladislavić Meaningful Architectures: Space and Text in Ivan Vladislavić

Questo articolo indaga alcune trasformazioni urbane/politiche/linguistiche nella Johannesburg del... more Questo articolo indaga alcune trasformazioni urbane/politiche/linguistiche nella Johannesburg della transizione e del dopo-apartheid in due romanzi del sudafricano Ivan Vladislavić, The Folly (1993) e The Exploded View (2004). Analizzando la relazione tra architettura e scrittura nei due testi, l'articolo mostra come la narrativa metaforica di Vladislavić offra un nuovo sguardo su vecchie questioni come quella del rapporto tra impegno e letteratura nel paese. | This article focuses on urban/political/linguistic transformations in transitional and post-apartheid Johannesburg, as they emerge in two novels by the South African writer Ivan Vladislavić: The Folly (1993) and The Exploded View (2004). Analysing the connections between architecture and writing in these texts, this article shows how Vladislavić's metaphorical narrative offers fresh insights into old questions such as the relationship between engagement and literature in South Africa.

Research paper thumbnail of Paving ground donna e strada nella poesia di Amy Levy

The aim of this article is to contextualise some poems on London by Jewish, feminist, queer poet ... more The aim of this article is to contextualise some poems on London by Jewish, feminist, queer poet Amy Levy (1861-1889). Featuring in the collection titled A London Plane-Tree and Other Verse (1889), which came out right after Levy’s suicide, the poems lay the ground for the representation of a flâneuse, a particularly original one in the English literary scenario of the time. These are the years when London was offering new chances to the New Women, and Levy took the opportunity to locate the female subject outside the house, where it had so far played the part of its angel. Born and raised in an intellectual, lay and progressive surrounding, Levy developed a particular relationship with issues of femininity, reflected upon the bond between women and the city, also drawing from the tradition of the Wandering Jew, with whom she partially shared the perception of her own otherness. Levy’s flâneuse in London is a ground-breaking exception in the poetical tradition established by canonical writers such as Blake, Wordsworth, and Wilde because she does not fit the typical Manichean representations of women of the time, as either sexual preys or sexual predators.

Research paper thumbnail of I like to think instead: percorsi di dissidenza nella poesia di Ingrid de Kok

The aim of this article is to explore strategies of significance in the lyrics of the South Afric... more The aim of this article is to explore strategies of significance in the lyrics of the South African poet Ingrid de Kok. I will be analysing the way she deals with the history of South Africa in various collections of poetry with the aid of some of her essays. I will particularly focus on the difficult balance between collective and personal ethos in her works, highlighting her linguistic search for creative spaces not colonized by the widespread and still racially loaded ideologies of her country. One of the main features in de Kok's poetry, I believe, is her capacity to allow opposing realities to coexist. My article will deal with the notion of juxtaposition the way it surfaces in her poems. Keywords Ingrid de Kok. South African English poetry. Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Apartheid. Post-apartheid. Sommario 1 Bianchi, anglofoni, sudafricani, poeti.-2 Ingrid de Kok.-3 Reciprocità.-4 Controcanto.-5 Rimozioni.-6 Oggi. accanto a voci inglesi e americane; a Macnab, Gulston 1948, che esce con lo scopo dichiarato di 'promuovere' la poesia sudafricana o a Miller, Sergeant 1957.