Olivia Rossetti Agresti (20 September 1875–1960) was a British activist, author, editor, andinterpreter. A member of one of England's most prominent artistic and literary families, her unconventional political trajectory began withanarchism, continued with theLeague of Nations, and ended withItalian Fascism. Her involvement with the latter led to an important correspondence and friendship withEzra Pound, who mentions her twice inThe Cantos.[citation needed]
While still in their girlhood, Olivia and her sister, the future Helen Rossetti Angeli (1879–1969), began publishing an anarchist journal,The Torch. Years later, using the pseudonym "Isabel Meredith", Olivia and Helen publishedA Girl Among the Anarchists, a somewhat fictionalized memoir of their days as precocious child revolutionaries.[2]
1903.A Girl Among the Anarchists (co-authored with her sister Helen under the pseudonym "Isabel Meredith"). London: Duckworth Press.edition Internet Archive
1904.Giovanni Costa: His Life, Work, and Times. London: Grant Richards.
1920. "LEAGUE OF AGRICULTURE; How Institute David Lubin Founded Will Supplement Greater League of Nations",New York Times, 23 May, Page XX16
1922.David Lubin: A Study in Practical Idealism. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 2nd edition, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1941.
1938.The Organization of the Arts and Professions in the Fascist Guild State (co-authored withMario Missiroli). Rome: Laboremus
^Thirlwell, Angela (2003).William and Lucy : the other Rossettis. Yale, USA: Yale University Press. p. 28.ISBN0300102003.
^Olivia Rossetti Agresti Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Finding Aid. "[1]Archived 17 March 2020 at theWayback Machine"
Pound, Ezra; Agresti, Olivia Rossetti; Tryphonopoulos, Demetres P.; Surette, Leon (1998)."I cease not to yowl": Ezra Pound's letters to Olivia Rossetti Agresti. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.ISBN0-252-02410-9.
Varè, Daniele (1949).The Two Imposters. London: John Murray.
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