Abstract
The article explores Eleonora Duse’s particular take on feminism before World War One and the influence she had on intellectual women through her acting, her letter-writing and her persona as a liberated, professional and creative woman. Duse is seen as a precursor of later feminist practices of affidamento (entrustment) in Italy. Through both her creative performance and interpretation of women’s stories on stage and her complex web of often-intimate female friendships, Duse fostered a new sense of legitimacy for women’s thought, women’s writing, and women’s autonomous subjectivities. The autobiographical narratives about Duse by Ofelia Mazzoni and Enif Robert are examined as exemplary cases.
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