Download or read book Italian Novelists Since World War II 1965 1995 written by Augustus Pallotta and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on Italian novelists, poets and playwrights, new forms of expression through experimentation, as well as avant-guarde groups, including young and idealistic literati that called themselves Gruppo 63 and later Gruppo 93. Covers feminist writers, the inauguration of the postmodern narratives often called metafictions, and the "new novel."
Download or read book Italian Novelists Since World War II 1965 1995 written by Augustus Pallotta and published by Dictionary of Literary Biograp. This book was released on 1998 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on Italian novelists, poets and playwrights, new forms of expression through experimentation, as well as avant-guarde groups, including young and idealistic literati that called themselves Gruppo 63 and later Gruppo 93. Covers feminist writers, the inauguration of the postmodern narratives often called metafictions, and the "new novel."
Download or read book Italian Novelists Since World War II 1945 1965 written by Augustus Pallotta and published by Dictionary of Literary Biograp. This book was released on 1997 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on novelists who conveyed through various modes of narration and contrasting viewpoints the social and political realities in which they lived, identifying the war as the cause of those realities. Discusses how the fall of Fascism allowed writers and film-makers freedom of expression but also challenged them with the new realities of national life. During this period Neorealism was first widely applied to the novel as well as cinema.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies written by Gaetana Marrone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 2258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies is a two-volume reference book containing some 600 entries on all aspects of Italian literary culture. It includes analytical essays on authors and works, from the most important figures of Italian literature to little known authors and works that are influential to the field. The Encyclopedia is distinguished by substantial articles on critics, themes, genres, schools, historical surveys, and other topics related to the overall subject of Italian literary studies. The Encyclopedia also includes writers and subjects of contemporary interest, such as those relating to journalism, film, media, children's literature, food and vernacular literatures. Entries consist of an essay on the topic and a bibliographic portion listing works for further reading, and, in the case of entries on individuals, a brief biographical paragraph and list of works by the person. It will be useful to people without specialized knowledge of Italian literature as well as to scholars.
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Download or read book Italian Literature since 1900 in English Translation 1929 2016 written by Robin Healey and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing the most complete record possible of texts by Italian writers active after 1900, this annotated bibliography covers over 4,800 distinct editions of writings by some 1,700 Italian authors. Many entries are accompanied by useful notes that provide information on the authors, works, translators, and the reception of the translations. This book includes the works of Pirandello, Calvino, Eco, and more recently, Andrea Camilleri and Valerio Manfredi. Together with Robin Healey's Italian Literature before 1900 in English Translation, also published by University of Toronto Press in 2011, this volume makes comprehensive information on translations from Italian accessible for schools, libraries, and those interested in comparative literature.
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