O INSULĂ EXOTICĂ A CULTURII ROMÂNE: DORA D’ISTRIA

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Name: Liviu Bordaş
Affiliation: Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, New Delhi, India

📄Article

Citation Recommendation: BORDAŞ, Liviu. „O insulă exotică a culturii române: Dora d’Istria”. In: RITL, New Series, IV, No. 1-4, January-December 2010, p. 317–328
Titlul: O INSULĂ EXOTICĂ A CULTURII ROMÂNE: DORA D’ISTRIA
Title: AN EXOTIC ISLAND OF ROMANIAN CULTURE: DORA D’ISTRIA
Pages: 317–328
Language: Romanian
URL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2010/15_L_Bordas.pdf

Abstract: The article addresses a few key issues of the life and work of Dora d’Istria (1828–1888) in the context of an increasing interest for this Romanian writer of French expression. Among the recent publications, it highlights the first scientific monograph published by Antonio d’Alessandri, Il pensiero e l’opera di Dora d’Istria fra Oriente Europeo e Italia [“The thought and work of Dora d’Istria between Eastern Europe and Italy”], in the well-known collection of the “Istituto per la Storia del Risorgimento Italiano” (Gangemi Editore, Roma, 2007). The cosmopolitanism of Elena Ghica, as a personal option, is analysed against the background of her reception in her native country. In close connection with this, we attempted a first analysis of the Albanian origin myth, which played an important role in her intellectual activism after 1866. Finally, we evaluate the possibility of realising an edition/translation of her Complete Works in the present context and propose the solution of a digital library.

Keywords: Dora d’Istria, cosmopolitanism, french expression, translation