This collection of essays provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy. Contributions focus on a wide range of political, historical and cultural questions. The volume provides information and analysis on such topics as regionalism, the growth of a national language, social and political cultures, the role of intellectuals, the ...
Three names dominate the Italian novel in the English speaking world - Italo Calvino, Primo Levi and Umberto Eco. Yet, since the late 1960s, and particularly in the 1980s, there have been many more important Italian writers whose work has remained unknown outside Italy. This book brings their writings to a wider audience. It gives general critical ...
A record of the papers presented, and the discussions arising from them, at the International Conference on the "Fiore". They deal with the arguments for and against the attribution of the "Fiore" to Dante.
The third occasional paper in the series for Italian Studies, this volume brings together essays dedicated to the work of Francesco Villari, discussing subjects such as women and books in Renaissance Italy, pluralism, narrative and symbolism.
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