"This is a welcome addition to Italian studies..."
--P. Koch, Choice
Cambridge Web Sit, November, 2002
Summary
This first substantial history of Italian literature to appear in the English language for forty years provides
a comprehensive survey of one of the richest and most influential literatures of Europe. Leading scholars describe
and assess the work of a wide range of writers who have contributed to the Italian literary tradition from its
earliest origins to the present day. The volume is accessible to the general reader as well as to students and
scholars. Translations are provided, along with maps, chronological charts, and up-to-date bibliographies.
Table of Contents
1. Origins and duecento Jonathan Usher
2. The trecento Lino Pertile, Pamela Stewart, John Took and Steven Botterill
3. The quattrocento Letizia Panizza, Lino Pertile and Peter Marinelli
4. The cinquecento Brian Richardson, Peter Marinelli, Anthony Oldcorn and Richard Andrews
5. The seicento Paulo Cherchi, Albert Mancini and David Kimbell
6. The settecento Franco Fido, David Kimbell
7. The age of Romanticism Giovanni Carsaniga and David Kimbell
8. The literature of United Italy (1870�1910) Robert Dombroski and Felicity Firth
9. The rise and fall of fascism (1910�1945) Robert Dombroski
10. The aftermath of the war (1945�1956) John Gatt-Rutter
11. Contemporary Italy (since 1956) Michael Caesar.
