{"product_id":"the-reinvention-of-ignazio-silone","title":"The Reinvention of Ignazio Silone","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1996, Ignazio Silone, one of the most beloved folk heroes of the Italian Left, a novelist and a high-ranking Communist Party member, was unmasked as a secret supporter of the Fascist movement. The discovery sparked a highly emotional response among scholars and the press in Italy and beyond, with reactions ranging from debate to disbelief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Leake's fascinating study provides a new analysis of Silone's fiction based on the discovery of his double life. Drawing on a psychoanalytic approach, the author re-reads Silone's novels in the light of his inevitable struggle with his own duplicity. Enriched by extensive and original archival research, \u003ci\u003eThe Reinvention of Ignazio Silone\u003c\/i\u003e also raises complex theoretical issues about authorship and audiences and about the relationship between text and context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written and passionately argued, this work will appeal to a wide readership, including those interested in the history of the left and in literary criticism, as well as scholars of Italian history, literature and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies, presented by the Modern Language Association of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Elizabeth Leake","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575497195702,"sku":"9780802087676","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780802087676_3b0be036-10f3-4b08-ba65-946a304cdaf5.jpg?v=1727459304","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-reinvention-of-ignazio-silone","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}