The Oxford companion to Italian literature / edited by Peter Hainsworth and David Robey.

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: eng Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.Description: xli, 644 pages ; maps; 25 cmISBN:

0198183321 (acidfree paper)
9780198183327

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DDC classification:

850.9/003

LOC classification:

R PQ 4006 O98 2002

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Contents:

Introduction List of general entires Contributors Reader's guide Abbreviations Chronology Maps. Medieval Italy (c.1250) Counter-reformation Italy (c.1559) Restoration Italy (c.1815) Contemporary Italy

Summary: Embracing the whole of Italian literature, from the early thirteenth century to the present, The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature is based on a broad view of what constitutes literature, covering historical writing, travel writing, theatre, and philosophy as well as the novel, poetry, literary dialogues, and critical theory. It gives generous space to canonical figures - from Dante and Petrarch to Montale and Calvino - and contains a wealth of short entries on significant minor figures." "The Companion also explores Latin literature written by Italian authors - a major feature of Renaissance culture - and Italian dialect literature; and strong emphasis is given to contextual articles which place the writers and their works in their wider social, historical, artistic, and political setting." "The 2,400 alphabetically-arranged entries provide clear, up-to-date coverage of Italian literature, making this an essential reference work for specialists and non-specialists alike. Written by expert contributors, the entries reflect the current state of international scholarship, which has developed in many different and exciting directions in recent years.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Referencia	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	R PQ 4006 O98 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000163088

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Introduction
List of general entires
Contributors
Reader's guide
Abbreviations
Chronology
Maps. Medieval Italy (c.1250)
Counter-reformation Italy (c.1559)
Restoration Italy (c.1815)
Contemporary Italy

Embracing the whole of Italian literature, from the early thirteenth century to the present, The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature is based on a broad view of what constitutes literature, covering historical writing, travel writing, theatre, and philosophy as well as the novel, poetry, literary dialogues, and critical theory. It gives generous space to canonical figures - from Dante and Petrarch to Montale and Calvino - and contains a wealth of short entries on significant minor figures." "The Companion also explores Latin literature written by Italian authors - a major feature of Renaissance culture - and Italian dialect literature; and strong emphasis is given to contextual articles which place the writers and their works in their wider social, historical, artistic, and political setting." "The 2,400 alphabetically-arranged entries provide clear, up-to-date coverage of Italian literature, making this an essential reference work for specialists and non-specialists alike. Written by expert contributors, the entries reflect the current state of international scholarship, which has developed in many different and exciting directions in recent years.

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