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Elisabetta Bruti Liberati’s journal is ambivalent in structure. On the one hand, it takes the form of a travel journal, attentive to the detailed description of places, things and customs. On the other hand, the diary is an egodocument and, as such, it is used here in order to understand the physiognomy and the mental habitus - which otherwise would be elusive - of Elisabetta Bruti Liberati, who is not seeking freedom in being elsewhere. She travels with two men at her side in the pursuit of both knowledge and leisure. She discovers a “new world” radically different from her own, not only in terms of the progress made in material life (running water in houses, for instance), but also as regards customs and traditions: the education of children in England, the different role of women in the work world in France and England, and the respect for rules in Prussia. Consequently, her journey becomes a continuous and implicit comparison between the Marche region and Europe, which reinforces in Elisabetta the perception of her own identity as an Italian, but also as a woman who perceives and appreciates otherness and appreciates it, although she is satisfied with being who she is.
About Donatella Fioretti
Donatella Fioretti is a former professor of Modern History at the University of Macerata. Starting from an initial interest in the socioeconomic structure of the Marche region, her studies then focused on the ruling class of the papal periphery in its institutional bodies and in its social composition. Her research interests also include the history of culture, concerning both the evolution of literacy and schools in the 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as the circulation of ideas in the noble papal classes of the 18th century. This volume is a continuation of her long-lasting interestin various forms of writing about the self (letters, diaries, etc.). In this field, she published in 2003 Una gentildonna romana nella bufera della rivoluzione. Lettere di Erminia Alborghetti alla figlia (1848-1849). She is now editing the spiritual diary of Doctor Moccanera and the letters between Doctor Boccanera and his son.
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Diario di una turista di metà ’800 |