Their Other Side: Six American Women and the Lure of Italy

by Helen Barolini

Book Overview

"Our lives are Swiss," Emily Dickinson wrote in 1859, "So still--so cool." But over the Alps, "Italy stands the other side." For Dickinson, as for many other writers and artists, Italy has been the land of light, a seductive source of invention, enchantment, and freedom.

So it was for Helen Barolini, who, as a student in Rome after World War II, wrote her first poetry and gave birth to her own creative life, reinvigorating her mother tongue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823226301
• ISBN13: 9780823226306
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 8.1"