The Other Italy : : The Literary Canon in Dialect / / Hermann W. Haller.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Haller, Hermann W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Toronto Italian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

Italy possesses two literary canons, one in the Tuscan language and the other made up of the various dialects of its many regions. The Other Italy presents for the first time an overview of the principal authors and texts of Italy's literary canon in dialect. It highlights the cultivated dialect poetry, drama, and narrative prose since the codification of the Tuscan literary language in the early sixteenth century, when writing in dialect became a deliberate and conscious alternative to the official literary standard.The book offers a panorama of the literary dialects of Italy over five centuries and across the country's regions, shedding light on a profoundly plurilingual and polycentric civilization. As a guide to reading and research, it provides a compendium of literary sources in dialect, arranged by region and accompanied by syntheses of regional traditions with selected textual illustrations. A work of extraordinary importance, The Other Italy was awarded the Modern Language Association of America's Aldo and Jean Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies. It will serve scholars as an indispensable resource book for years to come.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Map -- Introduction: Literature and Dialect -- Part I. A Feast of Languages: The Different Modes of the Literary Dialects -- 1. Dialect Poetry -- 2. Language at Play: The Italian Dialect Theatre -- 3. Narrative Prose in Dialect -- 4. Aspects of the History of Language and Dialects -- Part II. The Dialect Canon through the Regions: A Literary Repertory of the Other Italy -- 1. Piedmont -- 2. Liguria -- 3. Lombardy -- 4. Veneto -- 5. Friuli -- 6. Emilia-Romagna -- 7. Tuscany -- 8. Marche -- 9. Umbria -- 10. Lazio -- 11. Abruzzo and Molise -- 12. Campania -- 13. Puglia -- 14. Lucania -- 15. Calabria -- 16. Sicily -- 17. Sardinia -- Appendix .An Overview of Major Dialect Authors across Time and Regions -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Dialect Repertory: Authors by Genre and Region