Connecting with Christina Rossetti in post-war Italy in The Lost Dresses of Italy by M. A. McLaughlin
About this episode
Carol M. Cram interviews M. A. McLaughlin about her novel The Lost Dresses of Italy, exploring themes related to Christina Rossetti and the historical context of post-war Italy.
Send us Fan Mail I'm speaking today with M. A. McLaughlin, author of The Lost Dresses of Italy listed in the Textile Arts category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rDe_rXrLC2k Overview of the story of The Lost Dresses of Italy as a dual time novel taking place in 1947 and 1864 and inspired by a three-week trip to Italy taken by Victorian poet Christina RossettiPoetry of Christina Rossetti and why it has enduredChristina's sonnet sequence Monna Innominata as insp...
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Host: Carol M. Cram
Guest: M. A. McLaughlin
Topics covered
- post-war Italy
- Christina Rossetti
- dual time novel
- Textile Arts
- poetry
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Lost Dresses of Italy, Monna Innominata
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