This is a fresh perspective on Margaret Fuller and
her Risorgimento, and Italian women's role beyond
Rome, contesting the current scholarly reception of
her dispatches, largely Rome-centered. "No one else
has probed the last phase of Fuller's career as
closely as Jo has. Not only has the author delved
into the politics and philosophies, the intellectuals
and revolutionaries of the Italian Revolution, but
she has examined minutiae, which throw significant
light on rhetorical stances and purposes. The more
readers know about Fuller's career and the attending
scholarship the more they will appreciate the
material and discoveries Jo's work proffers. Jo
treats Fuller on Fuller's own terms, providing a
philosophical framework. Most recent Fuller
scholarship tends to a sociological approach...but Jo's
work, like Fuller's, turns to philosophy as a basis
for praxis, as when Fuller justifies her
revolutionary commitment by invoking idealistic
philosophy." "I have been very favorably impressed
with Jo's handling of the literary and historical
research resources written in Italian. This work has
been scholarly and thorough." Henry Golemba, Louis
Kibler (Professors of English and Italian, WSU).