Review of \u3ci\u3eTillie Olsen: One Woman, Many Riddles\u3c/i\u3e by Panthea Reid

The large book by Panthea Reid (449 pages, 16 chapters, a prologue, epilogue, and three appendices) tracks Tillie Olsen\u27s long life (1912-2007) step by step, beginning from the Jewish-Russian origins of both her maternal and paternal families, up to her death on January 1, 2007. The book could have been a useful addition to Olsen scholarship, if not for the biographer\u27s insistent efforts to destroy the image of a writer and a woman who was committed so extensively to unhinging the political, social, and cultural stereotypes built up to contain the action of women in America and elsewhere

Review of \u3ci\u3eTillie Olsen: One Woman, Many Riddles\u3c/i\u3e by Panthea Reid

The large book by Panthea Reid (449 pages, 16 chapters, a prologue, epilogue, and three appendices) tracks Tillie Olsen\u27s long life (1912-2007) step by step, beginning from the Jewish-Russian origins of both her maternal and paternal families, up to her death on January 1, 2007. The book could have been a useful addition to Olsen scholarship, if not for the biographer\u27s insistent efforts to destroy the image of a writer and a woman who was committed so extensively to unhinging the political, social, and cultural stereotypes built up to contain the action of women in America and elsewhere

“When the Eyes Speak”: the Poetry of James Welch

Il saggio, in corso di stampa, analizza in dettaglio l’unica raccolta di poesie di James Welch, produzione di esordio del tutto trascurata dalla critica di un autore considerato un classico della narrativa contemporanea nativa americana. L’analisi linguistico-formale evidenzia le peculiari caratteristiche stilistiche e tematiche dei componimenti di Welch che poi saranno trasferite nei suoi romanzi