Download or read book The Playful Spirit Italian Humor written by Rudolph Altrocchi PhD and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this witty, scholarly book edited by his two sons, Professor Rudolph Altrocchi introduces some of the worlds most skillful and humorous authors whose purpose was to enrich our lives through smiles and laughter, guided by a playful spirit, the key ingredient of high quality humor. Altrocchi, an American citizen born and brought up in Italy, graduated from Harvard, earned his Ph.D. at Harvard and taught at Harvard, Columbia, Chicago and Brown before becoming Chairman of the Dept. of Italian at Berkeley from 1928 to 1949, creating the largest and best Italian Department in the country. Professor Altrocchis captivatingly humorous analysis focuses not only on humor in Italian culture and literature but also on basic elements of humor in the human species.
Download or read book The World s Wit and Humor Italian Spanish written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Joys of Italian Humor written by Henry D. Spalding and published by . This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique anthology encompasses 2,500 years of Italian wit & humor, defined as that which revolves around a subject of interest to Italians everywhere, in Italy & in other countries, & which is told by Italians to other Italians. The jokes, quips, witty anecdotes, short stories, plays, & proverbs selected & translated for this volume were taken from all periods of Italian literature, from the era of ancient Rome, through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance & post-Renaissance centuries, & on through the years to today's U.S. These selections are a representation, rather than an exhaustive portrayal, but they reveal the warm & fun-loving nature of a creative & very likable people.
Download or read book Wit and Wisdom of the Italian Renaissance written by Charles Speroni and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-03-25 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first ample collection of facetiae, or witty tales, from the Italian Renaissance to be published in English. Witty and wise anecdotes had been known to the ancient Greeks and Romans in the form of apothegms, but not until the Renaissance did the true facetia acquire an independent life and popularity, and begin to spread rapidly throughout Italy and beyond the Alps. The publication of Poggio Bracciolini's Liberfacetiarum was largely responsible for this vogue: his collection met with tremendous success and resulted in the assembly of numerous other collection of facetiae. The facetia, which has some affinities with the longer, more carefully elaborated novella, is a brief narrative, varying in length from a few lines to two or three pages, whose main purpose it to entertain an excite laughter, and often concludes with a piece of pungent repartee. Both the facetia and the novella have often been censured for licentiousness, but most of them have a healthy moral, or at least a shrewd bit of psychology to impart. Above all, the facetia, like the novella, adds a new dimension to the overall, complex picture of the Renaissance. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.
Download or read book My Favorite Italian Mother In Law written by Steve Bergman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-12-19 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fact: Many a mother-in-law is either disliked or finds herself the butt of jokes. This was a mother-in-law to be loved and admired. Question: What type of woman would inspire her son-in-law to accumulate 35 years worth of quotes? Answer: The inspiration was Julias off-the-wall humor. My Favorite Italian Mother-In-Law is a collection of more than 300 zany quotes, arranged by subject matter, such as: I never saw lightning so loud before. I dont have to change my socks because I was in the house all day yesterday and I hardly moved. I just wrote a letter to a my cousin Margaret in Florida. Im not sure if shes dead or alive. My neighbor is so good at taking care of me, he shovels my sidewalk before it snows.
Download or read book Infinite Jest written by Paul Barolsky and published by Columbia : University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wit and Wisdom of the Italian Renaissance written by Charles Speroni and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-03-29 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first ample collection of facetiae, or witty tales, from the Italian Renaissance to be published in English. Witty and wise anecdotes had been known to the ancient Greeks and Romans in the form of apothegms, but not until the Renaissance did the true facetia acquire an independent life and popularity, and begin to spread rapidly throughout Italy and beyond the Alps. The publication of Poggio Bracciolini's Liberfacetiarum was largely responsible for this vogue: his collection met with tremendous success and resulted in the assembly of numerous other collection of facetiae. The facetia, which has some affinities with the longer, more carefully elaborated novella, is a brief narrative, varying in length from a few lines to two or three pages, whose main purpose it to entertain an excite laughter, and often concludes with a piece of pungent repartee. Both the facetia and the novella have often been censured for licentiousness, but most of them have a healthy moral, or at least a shrewd bit of psychology to impart. Above all, the facetia, like the novella, adds a new dimension to the overall, complex picture of the Renaissance. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.
Download or read book Flashes of Wit and Humor written by Robert Waters and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Humour of Italy written by Alice Werner and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Humour of Italy written by A. Werner and published by . This book was released on 1989-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book F O written by Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 1636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dante s Comedy and the Ethics of Invective in Medieval Italy written by Nicolino Applauso and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dante's Comedy and the Ethics of Invective in Medieval Italy proposes a new approach to invective and comic poetry in Italy during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and opens the way for an innovative understanding of Dante’s masterpiece. The Middle Ages in Italy offer a wealth of vernacular poetic invectives—polemical verses aimed at blaming specific wrongdoings of an individual, group, city or institution— that are both understudied and rarely juxtaposed. No study has yet provided a scholarly examination of the connection between this medieval invective tradition, and its elements of humor, derision, and reprehension in Dante’s Comedy. This book argues that these comic texts are rooted in and actively engaged with the social, political, and religious conflicts of their time. Political invective has a dynamic ethical orientation that is mediated by a humor that disarms excessive hostility against its individual targets, providing an opening for dialogue. While exploring medieval comic poems by Rustico Filippi (from Florence), Cecco Angiolieri (from Siena), and Folgore da San Gimignano, this study unveils new biographical data about these poets retrieved from Italian state archives (most of these data are published here in English for the very first time), and ultimately shows what the medieval invective tradition can add to our understanding of Dante’s Comedy.
Download or read book New Italian Joke Book written by Irv Ott and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asked by a group of Middle Easterners why they were a target of good-natured jokes, a popular Hispanic comedian recently said, “Because it's your turn.” The hypersensitive political-correct crowd would have us believe that there is currently some kind of unprecedented assault on immigrants and immigration. But ours is a country of newcomers, none of whom were welcomed with open arms. The Irish, Jewish and Italians, for instance, were not cosseted as they might be today. They were subjected to mockery as well as employment and housing discrimination. Thankfully, none were so brittle, nor their accomplishments so superficial or their pride so hollow that a cartoon or joke could take it all away. This historic reprint of a 1909 joke book is not remarkable for its wit but as evidence of the bias that plagued nearly all ethnicities in this country. Contained here within are mostly standard jokes of the day with an exaggerated Italian accent added; occasional use of the “D” word is unfortunate but a reality of the time. None of the jokes are spiteful. Handier than the free PDFs on the web, this you can hold, bookmark, highlight and shelve. An inexpensive imperative for any history buff or comedy aficionado.
Download or read book Tales of Humour Gallantry Romance Selected and Translated from the Italian written by Anonymous and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of stories, translated from Italian by Thomas Roscoe and John Yonge Akerman, offers readers a delightful mix of humor, romance, and chivalry. Drawing from classic Italian literature, the tales capture the essence of Italian storytelling, with its rich characters, intricate plots, and timeless themes. It's a treat for those who appreciate European literature and the art of translation.
Download or read book Joys of Italian Humor written by Henry D. Spalding and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 2000 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entertaining collection of anecdotes, short stories, play excerpts, jokes, quips, and proverbs covers 2,500 years of Italian wit and wisdom. Spalding has combed Italian literature, from ancient Rome to present-day America, in search of the best folklore and humor written by and about the Italian people.
