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The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel: novel

✍ Scribed by Peter Bondanella; Peter Bondanella; Andrea Ciccarelli

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Weight: 228 KB
Edition: 1
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 0521669626

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✦ Synopsis

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.

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