Download or read book The Italian Gothic and Fantastic written by Francesca Billiani and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meanwhile, by assimilating the Other into our own modes of representation of reality and imagination, twentieth-century female writers of the fantastic show how alternative identities can be shaped and social constituencies can be challenged."--BOOK JACKET.