The Revolt of the Scribe in Modern Italian Literature /

The Revolt of the Scribe in Modern Italian Literature / / Thomas E Peterson.

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The Revolt of the Scribe in Modern Italian Literature offers a perceptive re-assessment of Italian literary culture, focusing on the nature of modernity through the literature of those who revolt against established norms and expectations. By exploring selected works from authors such as Deledda, Fo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Peterson, Thomas E,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2010
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: The Legacy of the Poeta Vate
  • 1. Justice, Modesty, and Compassion in Ugo Foscolo's Ajace
  • 2. Paradoxical Romanticism: Alessandro Manzoni's Il Cinque maggio
  • 3. Pascolian Intertexts in the Lyric Poetry of Attilio Bertolucci
  • 4. The Ethics and Pathos of Giuseppe Ungaretti's 'Ragioni d'una poesia'
  • 5. Diego Valeri: A Classic Poet in the Modern Era
  • PART TWO: Roads to Rome: The Feminine Voice
  • 6. The Typological Journey of Grazia Deledda's Canne al vento
  • 7. Iconicity and Social Thought in Elsa Morante's 'Lo scialle andaluso'
  • 8. Of the Barony: Anna Banti and the Time of Decision
  • 9. The Religious Experimentalism of Amelia Rosselli
  • PART THREE: Peripheral Novelists and the Problem of Evil
  • 10. From Z to A: Italo Svevo's Corto viaggio sentimentale
  • 11. The Pains of the Prophet: Guido Morselli and the Problem of Evil
  • 12. Vasco Pratolini's Il quartiere as a Calque of Purgatorio
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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