Richiamo all'anarchia: protesta e proposta anarchica in otto conferenze pronunciate in terra d'esilio durante la dominazione fascista [Call to Anarchy: Anarchic Protest and Proposal in 8 Lectures Given in a Land of Exile during the Fascist Domination]. Cesena: Edizioni l'antistato Cesena, 1965.
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Richiamo all'anarchia: protesta e proposta anarchica in otto conferenze pronunciate in terra d'esilio durante la dominazione fascista [Call to Anarchy: Anarchic Protest and Proposal in 8 Lectures Given in a Land of Exile during the Fascist Domination]. Cesena: Edizioni l'antistato Cesena, 1965.
Description
Virgilia D’Andrea (b. Sulmona, 1890; d. New York, 1933) did not live to see this work, published three decades after her death; she died suddenly at the young age of 43. D’Andrea immigrated to the U.S. with her lover, Armando Borghi in 1926 or 1927. She had lost her family at a young age, turned to books for support, and was especially influenced by poetry.
In America, she was widely known for her radical poetry, her anarchist activism, and her advocacy of free love. Though a powerful and well-respected female, she did not consider herself an activist for women’s rights, but more a promoter of the liberation of all people, especially the lower classes.
The publication of this work with sections on "The Anarchic Idea" and on "The AntiFascist Battle," decades after her death, is suggestive of the durability of admiration in which she was held. The 1965 preface is by Alberto Moroni. The volume includes her two talks "'Chi Siamo' e 'Che cosa vogliamo,'" which is also the title of one of D'Andrea's works published together in Newark much later (1947) and given, as talks, in New York City on March 20, 1932 and (at Cooper Union) on January 6, 1929. Other talks in this collection were given at the Rand School in New York on March 1, 1931, in Philadelphia (at the Casa del Popolo, on April 19, 1929) and in Somerville, Massachusetts (at Somerset Hall), on December 3, 1931.
The venues for such talks at notable socialist or anarchist meetings places, such as the Rand School and the Casa del Popolo, including the date of the talk, reflects D'Andrea's influence and prestige in the leftist community.
In America, she was widely known for her radical poetry, her anarchist activism, and her advocacy of free love. Though a powerful and well-respected female, she did not consider herself an activist for women’s rights, but more a promoter of the liberation of all people, especially the lower classes.
The publication of this work with sections on "The Anarchic Idea" and on "The AntiFascist Battle," decades after her death, is suggestive of the durability of admiration in which she was held. The 1965 preface is by Alberto Moroni. The volume includes her two talks "'Chi Siamo' e 'Che cosa vogliamo,'" which is also the title of one of D'Andrea's works published together in Newark much later (1947) and given, as talks, in New York City on March 20, 1932 and (at Cooper Union) on January 6, 1929. Other talks in this collection were given at the Rand School in New York on March 1, 1931, in Philadelphia (at the Casa del Popolo, on April 19, 1929) and in Somerville, Massachusetts (at Somerset Hall), on December 3, 1931.
The venues for such talks at notable socialist or anarchist meetings places, such as the Rand School and the Casa del Popolo, including the date of the talk, reflects D'Andrea's influence and prestige in the leftist community.
Creator
Virgilia D'Andrea
Publisher
Edizioni l'antistato Cesena
Date
1965
Format
21 x 14; 169 p.
Language
Italian
Citation
Virgilia D'Andrea, “Richiamo all'anarchia: protesta e proposta anarchica in otto conferenze pronunciate in terra d'esilio durante la dominazione fascista [Call to Anarchy: Anarchic Protest and Proposal in 8 Lectures Given in a Land of Exile during the Fascist Domination]. Cesena: Edizioni l'antistato Cesena, 1965.,” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed April 24, 2024, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/74.
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