'This is a thought-provoking book. Faculties and graduate students focusing on post-feminist theory and the burgeoning field of affect studies will undoubtedly find food for thought.' --Andrea Sartori, Annali d'Italianistica Vol 33:2015 'A rich and ambitious study. Valisa's book offers a brilliant reading of the modern Italian novel, and it would be fascinating to see a similar approach applied in a comparatist frame.' --Ann Hallamore Caesar, Journal of Modern Italian Studies vol 21:01:2015 "Gender, Narrative, and Dissonance in the Modern Italian Novelis a study of the dynamic ways in which gender shapes the principal characters and narratives of several important Italian novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from Manzoni's I promessi sposito Morante's Aracoeli. Silvia Valisa shows an impressive ability to embrace a range of novels that span over 150 years and to include male and female authors and characters in her discussions of gender and genre." --Tommasina Gabriele, Department of Italian Studies, Wheaton College "Valisa's elucidation of the relationships between character, gender, ideology, and epistemology represents an original and significant contribution to contemporary scholarship on the modern Italian novel." --Allison A.

Cooper, Department of Romance Languages, Bowdoin College.