Peterson, Thomas E.

The revolt of the scribe in modern Italian literatureThomas E. Peterson. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (viii, 359 pages : illustrations) - Toronto Italian studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The legacy of the Poeta vate. Justice, modesty, and compassion in Ugo Foscolo's Ajace ; Paradoxical romanticism : Alessandro Manzoni's Il cinque maggio ; Pascolian intertexts in the lyric poetry of Attilio Bertolucci ; The ethics and pathos of Giuseppe Ungarett's 'Ragioni d'una poesia' ; Diego Valeri : a classic poet in the modern era -- Roads to Rome : the feminine voice. The typological journey of Grazia Deledda's Canne al vento ; Iconicity and social thought in Elsa Morante's 'Lo scialle andaluso' ; Of the barony : Anna Banti and the time of decision ; The religious experimentalism of Amelia Rosselli -- Peripheral novelists and the problem of evil. From Z to A : Italo Svevo's Corto viaggio sentimentale ; The pains of the prophet : Guido Morselli and the problem of evil ; Vasco Pratolini's Il quartiere as a calque of Purgatorio.



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Italian literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Italian literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Culture in literature.


Electronic Books.

PQ4085 / .R486 2010