Subverting masculinity or suppressing the unmanly? Gender alterity in Palazzeschi and Capuana’s treatment of the incorporeal man

O'Leary, Martina

Subverting masculinity or suppressing the unmanly? Gender alterity in Palazzeschi and Capuana’s treatment of the incorporeal man

dc.contributor.author	O'Leary, Martina
dc.date.accessioned	2018-11-19T12:12:04Z
dc.date.available	2018-11-19T12:12:04Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	“Subverting Masculinity or Suppressing the Unmanly?” presents a critical examination and comparison of unreal corporeal depictions of masculinity in Palazzeschi’s Il codice di Perelà and Capuana’s ‘L’invisibile’. These works present strikingly similar protagonists, who themselves affirm the attribute of lightness to be their defining characteristic, and who are made of, or resemble, wisps of smoke. This ‘lightness’ and delicacy is in direct opposition to the patriarchal male archetype, and it is evident from their treatment that Capuana uses this deviation to present his character as depraved and unnatural, while Palazzeschi uses his protagonist’s dissimilarity to emphasize his superiority, presenting him as a possible saviour. This investigation explores the poetics involved in articulating issues of transgressive gender and sexuality through the allegorical aspect of the fantasy genre.	en
dc.description.status	Peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Accepted Version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	O'Leary, M. (2015) Subverting masculinity or suppressing the unmanly? Gender alterity in Palazzeschi and Capuana’s treatment of the incorporeal man. gender/sexuality/italy (g/s/i), 2, pp. 188-203. http://www.gendersexualityitaly.com/subverting-masculinity-or-suppressing-the-unmanly/	en
dc.identifier.endpage	203	en
dc.identifier.issn	2470-2684
dc.identifier.issued	2	en
dc.identifier.journaltitle	gender/sexuality/italy (g/s/i)	en
dc.identifier.startpage	188	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/7129
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Department of French and Italian, Dickinson College	en
dc.relation.uri	http://www.gendersexualityitaly.com/subverting-masculinity-or-suppressing-the-unmanly/
dc.rights	© 2015, Martina O'Leary. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.en_US	en
dc.subject	Il codice di Perelà	en
dc.subject	L’invisibile	en
dc.subject	Masculinity	en
dc.subject	Sexuality	en
dc.subject	Literature	en
dc.title	Subverting masculinity or suppressing the unmanly? Gender alterity in Palazzeschi and Capuana’s treatment of the incorporeal man	en
dc.type	Article (peer-reviewed)	en