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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818379403321

Autore

Peterson Thomas E (Thomas Erling)

Titolo

The revolt of the scribe in modern Italian literature / / Thomas E. Peterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4426-8617-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Collana

Toronto Italian studies

Disciplina

850.9/008

Soggetti

Italian literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Italian literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Authorship - Social aspects - Italy - History - 19th century

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The legacy of the Poeta vate. Justice, modesty, and compassion in Ugo Foscolo's Ajace ; Paradoxical romanticism : Alessandro Manzoni's Il cinque maggio ; Pascolian intertexts in the lyric poetry of Attilio Bertolucci ; The ethics and pathos of Giuseppe Ungarett's 'Ragioni d'una poesia' ; Diego Valeri : a classic poet in the modern era -- Roads to Rome : the feminine voice. The typological journey of Grazia Deledda's Canne al vento ; Iconicity and social thought in Elsa Morante's 'Lo scialle andaluso' ; Of the barony : Anna Banti and the time of decision ; The religious experimentalism of Amelia Rosselli -- Peripheral novelists and the problem of evil. From Z to A : Italo Svevo's Corto viaggio sentimentale ; The pains of the prophet : Guido Morselli and the problem of evil ; Vasco Pratolini's Il quartiere as a calque of Purgatorio.

Sommario/riassunto

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.