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Venice's Amazon? Giustina Renier Michiel's Strategic Accommodation of Occupying Forces.
- Source :
- Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture; 2024, Vol. 53, p249-259, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Giustina Renier Michiel, one of the most prolific female authors of early nineteenth-century Italy, is often remembered and celebrated as a Venetian patriot. During her lifetime, however, her literary identity was neither singular nor completely cohesive. Indeed, reading her manuscript writing alongside her more famous publications (including her history of Venetian festivals) illustrates the delicate balance Italian authors needed to maintain in order to ensure their continued literary success in a period marked by multiple and rapid regime changes. While obliged to work within the power structures established by their new political overlords, they nonetheless needed to remain sensitive to the tastes of Italian readers, who were subjected to the political occupation of their territory. Renier Michiel's experience demonstrates how it was possible to balance patriotism, political deference, and professional self-promotion with the goal of establishing a lasting cultural legacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PATRIOTISM
REGIME change
WOMEN authors
RESPECT
SELF-promotion
NINETEENTH century
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03602370
- Volume :
- 53
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177772236
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/sec.2024.a918569