Sense and Sensibility: on Antiquity, Mediums and other Aspects of Bianca Pitzorno’s2015 Best-Seller
Abstract
In this article we analyze two different Aspects within the long Novel by Bianca Pitzorno entitled “La vita sessuale die nostril antenatal†(Milan 2015). Firstly the strong Presence of Classical Antiquity, starting from the very incipit of the book; secondly, the Role of Psychoanalysis and of Mediums within the Plot. The novel is very rich and stimulating.Â
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Keywords: Classical Antiquity, Italian Contemporary Literature, Reception, Shamanism.
References
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Bianca Pitzorno, La vita sessuale dei nostri antenati, Milano 2015, Mondadori ed.
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Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, London, Thomas Egerton Ed.
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Roberte N. Hamayon, Sciamanesimo, in Enciclopedia delle scienze sociali (1997, s.p.).
Sacerdoti (2017)
Arianna Sacerdoti, “Incredibile davvero che le fosse capitato durante un congresso di antichistiâ€: sui classici greci e latini in Bianca Pitzorno, in ClassicoContemporaneo 2017, Forthcoming.
