Cristina Mazzoni
Biographic Data
| ID | 516605 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cristina Mazzoni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cristina |
| FAMILY NAME | Mazzoni |
| SIGNATURE | MAZZONI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vermont |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1504-6189 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Enchanted Boot
The European literary fairy tale began in sixteenth-century Venice, with some of the tales in Giovan Francesco Straparola's collection The Pleasant Nights (1550–1553). Also from Italy is the first book in Europe made up entirely of fairy tales, The Tale of Tales (1634–1636), by the Neapolitan Giambattista Basile. Today, however, we associate European literary fairy tales primarily with France and Germany because of the popularity of Charles Perra…
Memoriale
Angela da Foligno. Memoriale. Ed. Enrico Menestò. Edizione nazionale dei testi mediolatini d’Italia 29; series I, 18. Florence: Sismel Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2013. cxli + 110 pp. €60. ISBN: 978-88-8450-488-3. - Volume 67 Issue 1
How not to play with dolls
Although dolls are more common in children’s literature, they occasionally appear also in literature written for adults. As in the 16th-century fairy tale by Straparola, ‘La poavola,’ so also in late 19th- and early 20th-century Italian literature the ambiguous figure of the doll represents both the loving world of childhood and a dangerous catalyst for personal change. In Contessa Lara’s ‘La bambola’ (1887), the doll of the title belongs to a yo…
She-Wolf
Since antiquity, the she-wolf has served as the potent symbol of Rome. For more than two thousand years, the legendary animal that rescued Romulus and Remus has been the subject of historical and political accounts, literary treatments in poetry and prose, and visual representations in every medium. In She-Wolf: The Story of a Roman Icon, Cristina Mazzoni examines the evolution of the she-wolf as a symbol in western history, art, and literature, …
Maternal Impressions. Pregnancy and Childbirth in Literature and Theory
Of Stockfish and Stew
(2002). Of Stockfish and Stew: Feasting and Fasting in the Book of Margery Kempes. Food and Foodways: Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 171-182
Di Mamma ce n'e una sola”
Di Mamma ce n'e una sola”
Parturition, Parting, and Paradox in Turn-of-the-Century Italian Literature (D'Annunzio, Aleramo, Neera)
Rappresentazione Della Violenza/Violenza Della Rappresentazione
Is Beauty Only Skin Deep? Constructing the Female Corpse in Scapigliatura”
Is Beauty Only Skin Deep? Constructing the Female Corpse in Scapigliatura”
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Is Beauty Only Skin Deep? Constructing the Female Corpse in Scapigliatura”
Is Beauty Only Skin Deep? Constructing the Female Corpse in Scapigliatura”
Rappresentazione Della Violenza/Violenza Della Rappresentazione
Di Mamma ce n'e una sola”
Di Mamma ce n'e una sola”
Parturition, Parting, and Paradox in Turn-of-the-Century Italian Literature (D'Annunzio, Aleramo, Neera)
Of Stockfish and Stew
(2002). Of Stockfish and Stew: Feasting and Fasting in the Book of Margery Kempes. Food and Foodways: Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 171-182
Maternal Impressions. Pregnancy and Childbirth in Literature and Theory
She-Wolf
Since antiquity, the she-wolf has served as the potent symbol of Rome. For more than two thousand years, the legendary animal that rescued Romulus and Remus has been the subject of historical and political accounts, literary treatments in poetry and prose, and visual representations in every medium. In She-Wolf: The Story of a Roman Icon, Cristina Mazzoni examines the evolution of the she-wolf as a symbol in western history, art, and literature, …
Memoriale
Angela da Foligno. Memoriale. Ed. Enrico Menestò. Edizione nazionale dei testi mediolatini d’Italia 29; series I, 18. Florence: Sismel Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2013. cxli + 110 pp. €60. ISBN: 978-88-8450-488-3. - Volume 67 Issue 1
How not to play with dolls
Although dolls are more common in children’s literature, they occasionally appear also in literature written for adults. As in the 16th-century fairy tale by Straparola, ‘La poavola,’ so also in late 19th- and early 20th-century Italian literature the ambiguous figure of the doll represents both the loving world of childhood and a dangerous catalyst for personal change. In Contessa Lara’s ‘La bambola’ (1887), the doll of the title belongs to a yo…
The Enchanted Boot
The European literary fairy tale began in sixteenth-century Venice, with some of the tales in Giovan Francesco Straparola's collection The Pleasant Nights (1550–1553). Also from Italy is the first book in Europe made up entirely of fairy tales, The Tale of Tales (1634–1636), by the Neapolitan Giambattista Basile. Today, however, we associate European literary fairy tales primarily with France and Germany because of the popularity of Charles Perra…
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