Acknowledgments
Introduction
I: Constructing a Female Self
1 Ogres and Belles: Vivanti, Carducci, and Mentorship in Post-Unification Italy
Ombretta Frau
2 Performing Femininities: Singers, Sirens and Mothers
Ursula Fanning
3 From Circe to Fosca: Annie Vivanti and the Femme Fatale
Julie Dashwood
4 War Rape and Hybrid Birth
Cristina Gragnani
II: Translation and Cultural Mediation
5 Annie Vivanti's Transatlantic Crossings
Mariarosa Mettifogo
6 A 'Mistaken' Choice of Language? A Case of Self-Translation
Marianna Deganutti
7 Dominance and Subversion in Annie Vivanti's "Tenebroso Amore"
Sara Ceroni
III: Political Engagement and Journalism
8 Annie Vivanti, Journalist and Critic
Anne Urbancic
9 A Literary Collaboration: Annie Vivanti and Corriere della Sera
Erica Moretti
10 Annie Vivanti and the Struggle for Irish Independence
Chiara Chini
11 "La grande divoratrice:" Annie Vivanti's Friendship with Barbara Allason (1917-1921)
Noemi Crain Merz
IV: Vivanti Across Literary Genres
12 "Un nuovo canto audace e forte": The Modernity of Lirica
Enrico Minardi
13 Annie's Laugh: Humor, Satire, and Irony in Vivanti's Works
Sabrina Cavallucci
14 Enchanted Journeys: Vivanti's Writings for Children
Giulia Pezzuolo
V: Reception and Adaptation
15 A Woman on Display: Annie Vivanti's Marion artista di caffè-concerto
Lisa Sarti
16 Annie Vivanti's Fortunes in France
Filippo Fonio
17 Guai ai vinti, From Novel to Film
Stephen Gundle and Simona Storchi
Index
About the Editors and Contributors

Annie Chartres Vivanti: Transnational Politics, Identity, and Culture explores the work
of British Italian writer Annie Chartres Vivanti (1866-1942). This volume provides a
multidisciplinary approach to the study of Vivanti in order to analyze the diverse and
complex writing experiences in which she engaged. Essays examine Vivanti's work
through multiple perspectives, taking into account her politics and her career as
journalist, writer, and singer as well as her literary works.

Sharon Wood is professor emerita of Italian at the University of Leicester.
Erica Moretti is assistant professor of Italian at Fashion Institute of Technology-SUNY.