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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-100715634372

ISBN-139780715634370

eBay Product ID (ePID)48681884

Product Key Features

Number of Pages160 Pages

Publication NameIntroduction to Twentieth Century Italian Literature : a Difficult Modernity

LanguageEnglish

SubjectItalian, General, European / Italian

Publication Year2005

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorRobert Gordon

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Foreign Language Study

SeriesNew Readings Ser.

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight8.8 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal850.9009

Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgements Chronology 1. Foundations Contents 2. Tradition 3. Modern Worlds 4. War 5. The Public Sphere 6. Other Voices 7. The Fragmented Self 8. Conclusion: Hybrid Forms Glossary of Writers Index

SynopsisShort accessible introductions to European literature and culture. The author offers a vivid overview of the century's literature, charting a series of motifs of Italy's 'difficult modernity' - from war to the city, from language to geography, from marginal groups to avant-garde movements - through a wide array of writers and texts., Short accessible introductions to European literature and culture. Twentieth-century Italy was marked by a profound and often convulsive transformation in both society and culture, accompanied at various stages by war, violence and dictatorship. This was Italy's 'difficult' entry into modernity. The voices of Italian literature responded to this transformation with a bewildering combination of excitement and anxiety, from the loud embrace of the new in Futurism to melancholy laments for tradition. In the process, some of the greatest works of modern literature were created. Robert Gordon offers a vivid overview of the century's literature, charting a series of motifs of Italy's 'difficult modernity' - from war to the city, from language to geography, from marginal groups to avant-garde movements - through a wide array of writers and texts., Twentieth-century Italy was marked by a profound and often convulsive transformation in both society and culture, accompanied at various stages by war, violence and dictatorship. This was Italy?'s ?difficult? entry into modernity. The voices of Italian literature responded to this transformation with a bewildering combination of excitement and anxiety, from the loud embrace of the new in Futurism to melancholy laments for tradition. In the process, some of the greatest works of modern literature were created.Robert Gordon offers a vivid overview of the century?'s literature, charting a series of motifs of Italy?'s ?difficult modernity? - from war to the city, from language to geography, from marginal groups to avant-garde movements - through a wide array of writers and texts.

LC Classification NumberPQ4087