This book explores the work of a writer, Annie Chartres Vivanti (1866–1942), who

brought a transnational dimension to the marked provincialism of the Italian novel by

addressing issues of gender, ethnicity, and sexuality on personal and international

levels, and by creating work that distanced itself from much of the female-penned literature of

the day, scorning both decorum and social respectability. Chapters in this book examine

Vivanti’s output from multiple perspectives, taking into account her politics and her

career as a journalist, writer, and singer, as well as her literary work.