Abstract

The life and works of Anna Franchi remained undiscovered for a long time despite the writer desired to become part of history and to leave a trace both in the socialist and in the emancipa­tionist movements. In the literary production of Anna Franchi, autobiographical elements and fictions become an inseparable issue. Particularly in her biography La mia vita (My life) pub­lished for the first time in 1940 the writer looked through her life searching for a deeper meaning. Franchi does not limit to describe events and characters but, through narration, she gives an interpretation of her own experience giving in the same time a meaning to it: from her childhood when she ab­sorbs and adopts the ideals of the Risorgimento and the love for art and literature to the long and extremely painful period of her marriage; from journalistic and artistic activities to the political commitment with the socialist party and the movement for women’s rights. Through her works, Franchi provides a political example of free woman Received: 27/05/2013 / Accepted: 20/06/2013 How to reference this article Gigli, L. (2014). Latino e calza. Educazione ed esperienze biografiche ne «La mia vita» di Anna Franchi . Espacio, Tiempo y Educacion , 1(1), pp. 97-113. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/ete.2014.001.001.005

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