A short history of Italian literature / by J. H. Whitfield
1960, 1st edition. Harmondsworth : Penguin. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #414598
Physical description; 302 pages, 18 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Introduction -- Italian lyric poetry: from the Sicilian school to Petrarch -- From St. Francis to Dante -- The prose tradition to Boccaccio -- Petrarch and the new world of learning -- From Petrarch and Boccaccio to Lorenzo and Politian -- Machiavelli, Guicciardini, and their heirs -- Epic poetry from Pulci to Tasso -- The Italian theatre from the Sacra Rappresentazione to the Pastor Fido -- Figures and trends within the Cinquecento -- The seventeenth century -- In and out of Arcadia -- The trilogy of the opening nineteenth century -- From Carducci to D'Annunzio -- The end of the nineteenth century -- Pirandello and the question-mark of the twentieth century. Subjects; Italian literature History and criticism. Italian literature. World literature. Literary criticism.
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