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The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Peter Bondanella
Edited by Andrea Ciccarelli
SeriesCambridge Companions to Literature
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:268
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780521669627
ClassificationsDewey:853.009 853.009 853.009
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 31 July 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Peter Bondanella is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian in the Department of French and Italian at Indiana University. Andrea Ciccarelli is Chair of the Department of French and Italian and Director of the College of Arts and Humanities Institute at Indiana University.

Reviews

'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