The Pinocchio Effect

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1          The Pinocchio Effect: On Autonomy and Influence        
2          The Secret Power of Suggestion: Scipio Sighele's Succubal Subject
3          The Queen and the Deputy: The Representative Politics of Matilde Serao's La Conquista di Roma
4          Love's Gravity: The Perverse Gymnastics of Edmondo De Amicis
5          An Unwritable Law of Maternal Love: The Infanticide Debate
6          In a Dark Continent: Cesare Lombroso's Other Italy
7          Social Maria: The Scientific Feminism of Maria Montessori
8          Maria Montessori: The Writing Subject

Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index