The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
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'The editors of this welcome volume address themselves to an English-speaking public, specialist and non-specialist alike ... likely to be of interest to specialist, student, and general audiences ... attractively produced addition to the large series of Cambridge Companions ... useful reference work, especially for undergraduate courses and for the general reader.' Italian Studies
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This study provides a broad-ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the Italian novel from its early modern origins to the contemporary era. It examines some of the most influential and important novelists of the twentieth century, such as Luigi Pirandello, Primo Levi, Umberto Eco and Italo Calvino. Readers will be exposed to the vitality of the Italian novel throughout its history, in addition to learning about the debates and criticism that have contributed to its development.
The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature),Peter Bondanella,Andrea Ciccarelli,Cambridge University Press,0521669626,European - General,History and criticism,Italian fiction,Literary Criticism,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Europe,Italian,Literary Criticism & Collections / European,Novels, other prose & writers: 16th to 18th centuries,Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century,Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -
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