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

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 dialec...

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