Voci dal Risorgimento siciliano. Il carteggio inedito tra Rosina Muzio Salvo e Francesco Paolo Perez. (2nd September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Riccobono, Marta
• Is Part Of: Italianist. Volume 38:Number 3(2018)
• Page Start: 310
• Page End: 333
• Publication Date: 2018-09-02
• Subjects: Risorgimento -- women -- poetry -- national identity -- unification -- nineteenth century -- Sicily; Risorgimento -- donne -- poesia -- identità nazionale -- unificazione -- Ottocento -- Sicilia; Italian language -- Periodicals; Italian literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Italy -- Periodicals; 945.005
• DOI: 10.1080/02614340.2018.1515816
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0261-4340

Abstract

ABSTRACT: By means of the chronological reconstruction of unpublished correspondence between the Sicilian writer Rosina Muzio Salvo (1815–1866) and the intellectual and patriot Francesco Paolo Perez (1812–1892), this article intends to provide a valuable archive of bio-bibliographical information about Salvo, a still little-known figure. The sixteen letters exchanged by Salvo and Perez were written between approximately 1841 and 1853 and are currently arranged randomly. Like other women of her time, Rosina Muzio Salvo played an active part in events of the Risorgimento, and thanks to her literary works, she was also directly involved in the creation and regulation of the Italian nation-state. Her works, especially those written during the anti-Bourbon revolution of 1848, are characterized by a proud and vibrant authorial voice. After Unification she contributed to several women's magazines, in an effort to outline and promote models of conduct for women in the new Italy. As a patriot and a woman of letters, through her engagement in the struggles of the Risorgimento, Rosina Muzio Salvo paved the way for later struggles for civil rights in the years to come.