The Ferrante Letters: An Experiment in Collective Criticism

by Sarah Chihaya, Katherine Hill, Merve Emre, et al.

Book Overview

Like few other works of contemporary literature, Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels found an audience of passionate and engaged readers around the world. Inspired by Ferrante's intense depiction of female friendship and women's intellectual lives, four critics embarked upon a project that was both work and play: to create a series of epistolary readings of the Neapolitan Quartet that also develops new ways of reading and thinking together.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231194579
• ISBN13: 9780231194570
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"