The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Bondanella, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521669626 ISBN 13: 9780521669627

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel provides a broad ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the Italian novel from its early modern origin to the contemporary era. Contributions cover a wide range of topics including the theory of the novel in Italy, the historical novel, realism, modernism, postmodernism, neorealism, and film and the novel. The contributors are distinguished scholars from the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, and Australia. Novelists examined include some of the most influential and important of the twentieth century inside and outside Italy: Luigi Pirandello, Primo Levi, Umberto Eco and Italo Calvino. This is a unique examination of the Italian Novel, and will prove invaluable to students and specialists alike. Readers will gain a keen sense of the vitality of the Italian novel throughout its history and a clear picture of the debates and criticism that have surrounded its development.

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Review:

'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

Book Description:

This volume provides a broad ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the Italian novel from its early modern origin to the contemporary era. Novelists examined include some of the most influential of the twentieth century inside and outside Italy: Primo Levi, Umberto Eco and Italo Calvino.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521669626
• ISBN 13: 9780521669627
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268