Table of Contents

Chronology (1910-1996) Introduction Chapter I: Literary Trieste, Triestine Literature and Triestinita 1. Triestine Literature: A Definition 2. The Heritage of the Pre-war Generation 3. The 'Myth of Trieste' 4. Literary Endogamy 5. Imagined Topographies Chapter II: 'Letteratura di Frontiera-Letteratura di Frontiere' 1. The Unbearable Lightness of the Border 2. A Maternal Border 3. The Foiba: Myth and History Chapter III: The Myth of an Italian Motherland 1. Irredentismo: A Local Brand of Nationalism 2. Cultural Delay a. Trieste and the Heritage of the Risorgimento b. Trieste and the Two World Wars c. Trieste and Romanticism 3. Italianita 4. Maternal Nationalism and the Italian Motherland Chapter IV: 'Quate triestinita?': Gender, Confession, Ethnicity 1. Women's Writing a. Jewish Writers b. Anti-Slav Writers c. Emancipated Writers 2. The Jewish Community in Trieste a. The Family b. The Years of Psychoanalysis 3. Italy Looks East Concluding Remarks Bibliography Indexes

About the Author

Katia Pizzi teaches at the School of European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Kent at Canterbury.