Italia Mia
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 156
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Cesare Zavattini’s Neo-realism and the Afterlife of an Idea
Author: David Brancaleone
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2021-07-15
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 1501317008
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow many Zavattinis are there? During a life spanning most of the twentieth century, the screenwriter who wrote Sciuscià, Bicycle Thieves, Miracle in Milan, and Umberto D. was also a pioneering magazine publisher in 1930s Milan, a public intellectual, a theorist, a tireless campaigner for change within the film industry, a man of letters, a painter and a poet. This intellectual biography is built on the premise that in order to understand Zavattini's idea of cinema and his legacy of ethical and political cinema (including guerrilla cinema), we must also tease out the multi-faceted strands of his interventions and their interplay over time. The book is for general readers, students and film historians, and anyone with an interest in cinema and its fate.
The Civilization of the Holocaust in Italy
Author: Wiley Feinstein
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780838639887
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book studies the persecution of Italian Jews during the Fascist period in relation to the Italian cultural tradition. It shows that Mussolini's anti-Semitic laws and Italian support for Hitler's war on the Jews stem directly from beliefs deeply embedded in Italian culture. After studying anti-Judaic characterizations in the Christian tradition and representations of Jews by Dante and other Medieval and Renaissance authors, the book shows how the anti-Semitic tradition became reinvigorated in the nineteenth century. cultural figures in the period between 1900 and 1940: the writer Giovanni Papini, the Catholic educational leader Agostino Gemelli, and the artist and critic Ardengo Soffici. The book then examines Mussolini's specific anti-Semitic policies and argues that the Italian cultural system contributed to generating the evil that led to the Holocaust. Wiley Feinstein is Associate Professor of Italian at Loyola University Chicago.
Gasparo Alberti's Missa Super Italia Mia
Author: Robert Gust Luoma
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 242
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Author: Francesco Petrarca
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 804
ISBN-13: 9780253213174
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Mark Musa, in editing and translating Petrarch's Canzoniere, has performed a wonderful service to the English-speaking reader. Here, in one volume, are included the poet's own selection of the best lyric verse he wrote throughout his life, accompanied by brief but useful notes . . . " —Chronicles "As well as skillful and fluent verse renderings of the 366 lyrics that make up this milestone in the development of Western poetic tradition, Musa offers copious and up-to-date annotation to each poem . . . along with a substantial, sensitive, and intelligent introduction that is genuinely helpful for the first-time reader and thought provoking for Petrarch scholars and other medievalists." —Choice The 366 poems of Petrarch's Canzoniere represent one of the most influential works in Western literature. Varied in form, style, and subject matter, these "scattered rhymes" contains metaphors and conceits that have been absorbed into the literature and language of love. In this bilingual edition, Mark Musa provides verse translations, annotations, and an introduction co-authored with Barbara Manfredi.
The Poems of Leopardi
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Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1923
Total Pages: 570
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Author: Giacomo Leopardi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-12-19
Total Pages: 561
ISBN-13: 110765212X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1923, this book presents the complete text of Giacomo Leopardi's Canti in the original Italian with facing-page English translation, along with extensive critical notes. The text also contains a biographical introduction, appendices and a detailed bibliography. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Leopardi, Italian literature and the Romantic movement in general.
Feminist Approaches to the Body in Medieval Literature
Author: Linda Lomperis
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780812213645
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeminist Approaches to the Body in Medieval Literature forges a new link between contemporary feminist and cultural theory and medieval history and literature. The essays establish crucial historical connections between feminist theorizing about the body and specific accounts of gendered bodies in medieval texts.
Petrarch's Lyric Poems
Author: Francesco Petrarca
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 682
ISBN-13: 9780674663480
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDurling's edition of Petrarch's poems has become the standard. Readers have praised the translation of the authoritative text as graceful and accurate, conveying a real understanding of what this difficult poet is saying. The literalness of the prose translation makes this book especially useful to students who lack a full command of Italian.
Italian Tales
Author: Massimo Riva
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2007-06-07
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780300123715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA selection of contemporary Italian fiction in English for readers who wish to explore Italy's rich literary landscape
