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'There is no doubt that the present splendid volume ... is likely to remain unrivalled for many years to come for width of coverage, richness of detail, and elegance of presentation.' Modern Language Reviews
Author : Peter Brand
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 30,14 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521434928
'There is no doubt that the present splendid volume ... is likely to remain unrivalled for many years to come for width of coverage, richness of detail, and elegance of presentation.' Modern Language Reviews
Author : Peter Brand
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Page : 699 pages
File Size : 35,60 MB
Release : 2001
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Author : Peter Brand
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 48,15 MB
Release : 1999-08-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521666220
Italy possesses one of the richest and most influential literatures of Europe, stretching back to the thirteenth century. This substantial history of Italian literature provides a comprehensive survey of Italian writing since its earliest origins. Leading scholars describe and assess the work of writers who have contributed to the Italian literary tradition, including Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, the Renaissance humanists, Machiavelli, Ariosto and Tasso, pioneers and practitioners of commedia dell'arte and opera, and the contemporary novelists Calvino and Eco. The Cambridge History of Italian Literature sets out to be accessible to the general reader as well as to students and scholars: translations are provided, along with a map, chronological chart and substantial bibliographies.
Author : Peter Bondanella
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,19 MB
Release : 2003-07-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521669627
The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel provides a broad ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the Italian novel from its early modern origin to the contemporary era. Contributions cover a wide range of topics including the theory of the novel in Italy, the historical novel, realism, modernism, postmodernism, neorealism, and film and the novel. The contributors are distinguished scholars from the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, and Australia. Novelists examined include some of the most influential and important of the twentieth century inside and outside Italy: Luigi Pirandello, Primo Levi, Umberto Eco and Italo Calvino. This is a unique examination of the Italian Novel, and will prove invaluable to students and specialists alike. Readers will gain a keen sense of the vitality of the Italian novel throughout its history and a clear picture of the debates and criticism that have surrounded its development.
Author : Christopher Duggan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 16,34 MB
Release : 1994-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521408486
A concise history of Italy from the fall of the Roman empire in the west to the present day.
Author : Richard Garnett
Publisher : London, W. Heinmann
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 36,89 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Italian literature
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Author : David T. Gies
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 23,23 MB
Release : 1999-02-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521574297
This book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture, tracing its dramatic and often unexpected development from its beginnings after the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts provide analyses of the historical and political background of modern Spain, the culture of the major autonomous regions (notably Castile, Catalonia, and the Basque Country), and the country's literature: narrative, poetry, theatre and the essay. Spain's recent development is divided into three main phases: from 1868 to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War; the period of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco; and the post-Franco arrival of democracy. The concept of 'Spanish culture' is investigated, and there are studies of Spanish painting and sculpture, architecture, cinema, dance, music, and the modern media. A chronology and guides to further reading are provided, making the volume an invaluable introduction to the politics, literature and culture of modern Spain.
Author : Francesco Flamini
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Page : 430 pages
File Size : 50,63 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Italian literature
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Author : Elisa Bianco
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 23,85 MB
Release : 2017-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1443892246
Homosexuality, bisexuality, transvestitism, and trans-genders represented new ideas, customs, and mentalities which shattered nineteenth-century Italy. At this time, Italy was a state in the making, with a growing population, a fading aristocracy, and new urban classes entering the scene. While still an extremely Catholic country, atheism and secularization slowly undermined the old, traditional morality, with literature and poetry endorsing innovative fashions coming from abroad. Laxity mixed with perversion, while new forms of sexuality mirrored the immense changes taking place in a society that, since time immemorial, was dominated by the Church and by a rigid class system. This was a revolution, parallel to the political movements that brought about the Unification of Italy in 1861, and was tormented, intense, and occasionally tragic. This collection of essays offers a rather comprehensive overview of this phenomenon. Personalities and places, ideas and novels, poetry and tragedy, law and customs, are the subject of ten essays, written by leading international experts in Italian history, the history of sexuality, literature and poetry. The Italian nineteenth century is a time of a number of rapid changes, visible and invisible revolutions, often given less attention than the unification process. This book makes a substantial contribution to Italian studies and modern European history.
Author : Ernest Hatch Wilkins
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Page : 570 pages
File Size : 40,65 MB
Release : 1978
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