A Self-Reflexive Verista: Metareference and Autofiction in Luigi Capuana’s Narrative Zuccala, Brian hdl:11168/11.452355 ISBN: 978-88-6969-398-4 doi:10.30687/978-88-6969-398-4 https://phaidra.unipd.it/o:452355 With a Preface by Edwige Comoy Fusaro, this volume is one of few monographs on Italian post-Risorgimento author Luigi Capuana, and the first one written in English in more than forty years. Narratology and critical theory are combined with more ‘traditional’, historical-philological criticism to offer a radical rereading of the author’s narrative. Central to this study is the seemingly counter-intuitive notion of artistic self-reflexivity, which represents an innovative take on an author like Capuana, who has long been ‘canonised’ as a verista. CC BY 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf 2020-06-26 Text Luigi Capuana. Post-Unification Italy. Fin de siècle. Rereading the canon. Gender and narrative. Edizioni Ca' Foscari - Digital Publishing eng