Anonymity in Eighteenth-Century Italian Publishing : The Absent Author.

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Intro -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction. The Absent Author: Functions and Uses of Anonymous Authorship -- References -- Chapter 2: The Ambiguities of the "Author Function" -- 1 Reflections on the Book Market -- 2 How to Write to "be read": The Advice of Carlo Denina -- 3 Authorial Silence -- 4 Vittorio Alfieri: "The terrible ordeal of printing" -- References -- Chapter 3: Anonymity in Travel Books -- 1 Travel Writing and the Notion of the Author -- 2 Four Nameless Travellers -- References -- Chapter 4: Giuseppe Parini: Between Anonymity and Revealing the Author's Name -- 1 Il Giorno and Its Continuer: Parini a Second Cervantes? -- 2 Silent Coexistence and "Rapacious" Printers: The One-Volume Edition of Il Mattino, Il Mezzogiorno e La Sera -- 3 Translations and the Re-instatement of the Author's Name -- References -- Chapter 5: Carlo Goldoni and the Construction of Authorship -- 1 From Stage to Page -- 2 Literary Property Versus Printing Privilege and Theatrical "Use" -- 3 From Playwright to Author -- References -- Chapter 6: Novels: Read Them and Forget Them -- 1 "Learned Italians" Do Not Write Novels -- 2 Delegitimisation and Anonymity -- 3 Books of "Sentiment" and Representation of Female Writing -- 4 Forgettable Books: Fire and Oblivion -- References -- Index.