The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation
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Between 1967 and 1976, Italian writer Goliarda Sapienza (1924-76) wrote The Art of Joy, a subversive novel about the dazzling social ascent of a rebellious heroine; too scandalous to be published at that contradictory time.
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Keywords
literature
portrait of an artist
controversial book
literature history
grands romans du scandale
italian literature
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