National Cultures and Foreign Narratives in Italy, 1903–1943

Francesca Billiani is a Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. She is the co-author with Laura Pennacchietti of Architecture and the Novel under the Italian Fascist Regime (2019) and has published in the fields of Italian intellectual and cultural history, especially concerning translation and the arts.

• 1. Introduction: Atlases of Translations.- 2.Orientations: La Voce and Gobetti.- 3. The Twenties: Cultural Explorations and Experimentations Between Highbrow and Popular (1918-1932).- 4. The 1930s: The Spaces of Culture (1932-1938).- 5. Versatile Publishing Projects (1938-1943).- 6. Classics Revised.

“National Cultures and Foreign Narratives in Italy, 1903–1943 is an inspiring text that will prove fundamental to any scholar who, for varying motivations, would like to consider the diffusion of foreign literature in Italy in the first half of the century. The author offers a detailed and engaging overview on the circulation of literature and translations in Italy between 1940-43.” (Valentina Geri, Annali d'italianistica, Vol. 40, 2022)