This book is the first dedicated volume of academic analysis on the monumental work of Elena
Ferrante Italy's most well-known contemporary writer. The Works of Elena Ferrante:
Reconfiguring the Margins brings together the most exciting and innovative research on
Ferrante's treatment of the intricacies of women's lives relationships struggles and
dilemmas to explore feminist theory in literature questions of gender in twentieth-century
Italy and the psychological and material elements of marriage motherhood and divorce.
Including an interview from Ann Goldstein this volume goes beyond Ferrante fever to reveal the
complexity and richness of a remarkable oeuvre.
