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Laddar... Italian Literature : A Very Short Introduction (2012)av Peter Hainsworth
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In this Very Short Introduction to Italian Literature, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey examine Italian literature from the Middle Ages up to the present day, looking at themes and issues which have recurred throughout its history and continue to be of importance today. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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This VSI is not like the mostly chronological structure of the French VSI which I read a little while ago. After a useful four-page introduction, the book is framed as general discussions of problematic trends and issues:
•History
•Tradition
•Theory
•Politics
•Secularism
•Women
(Women get a chapter all of their own because (Ferrante Fever aside) they have been almost invisible in Italian literature.)
As you might expect from the country that brought us Dante and Petrarch, there is a lot about poetry in this VSI, and interesting as it was, (and will be again when I get round to reading The Divine Comedy) it was less useful for my purposes than the French VSI. This is because there isn’t really much in the way of an Italian 19th century novel, which is where my interest in literature began as a teenager. Nothing like an Austen, or a Dickens, or a Zola. The great 19th century Italian novel is The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) (1840) by Alessandro Manzoni and it’s notable as a milestone in the development of the modern, unified Italian language, but it sounds rather dull and didactic to me.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2017/01/11/italian-literature-a-very-short-introduction... ( )