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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385051150
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Languages : en
Pages : 606

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Author: Giovanni Verga
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486121658
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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Outstanding selection of tales include the celebrated "Cavalleria Rusticana" (Rustic Chivalry), "Nedda," "L'amante di Gramigna" (Gramigna's Mistress), "Reverie," "Jeli the Herdsman," "Nasty Redhead," and 6 others. Introduction. Notes.

Author: Giovanni Francesco BIONDI
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Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Author: Maria Cristina Cignatta
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443859184
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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The short story writers featured in this brief anthology – all established figures on the Italian literary scene – have been specifically chosen as being representative of the various geographical regions in the Italian peninsula, ranging from Ginzburg, Pavese and Soldati (Piedmont), Colombi Guidotti and Guareschi (Emilia Romagna region), Tozzi (Tuscany), D’Annunzio (Abruzzi region) and Moravia (Lazio region) to Pirandello and Verga (Sicily) and Deledda (Sardinia). Twelve of these literary masters’ very best novelle – richly diverse both thematically and stylistically – can be read in the original, unabridged Italian with parallel English translations, accompanied by a brief account of the life and literary achievements of each writer, as well as a few notes on the context in which the narrative was written and some relevant features of theme and content. The novelle themselves, originally published in Italy between 1880 (marking the publication of Verga’s La lupa) and 1971 (the year of the publication of Soldati’s Una donna comprensiva), span almost a whole century. Although presented in chronological order of publication – being self-contained racconti – they can be read in any order. All of them lend themselves to the leitmotif of the collection: that of a woman as the central character (D’Annunzio’s Candia, the Princess in Deledda’s fairy-tale, Pirandello’s Mommina, gnà Pina in Verga’s story, etc.). Two of the writers, Grazia Deledda and Natalia Ginzburg, are themselves women writing about women. The anthology, on the one hand, offers readers the opportunity to savour a few delights of Italian literature and culture, and, on the other, promotes effective language learning through a wide spectrum of language and styles. While remaining faithful to the originals, the translations lay emphasis on readability and fluency, thus making their perusal a pleasurable experience in itself. In addition, the stories in this collection will certainly stimulate further interest in Italian literature.

Author: Sonia Perin
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291938281
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Ricordate quando eravate piccoli? Sono periodi di tempo che non si possono dimenticare, che ci restano accanto a noi per tutta la vita. Qui c'è quel mondo che adesso sembra un sogno, ora che lo vediamo con gli occhi da adulto.Quel mondo che ci compare addosso ci riempie la testa di cose magiche, fantastiche e irreali. Ci sono le fate, i folletti, i re, le magiche fontane, ogni cosa qui è magica, persino le nuvole, le farfalle e i ragni. Ogni cosa è protesa verso quella situazione che deve giungere al suo scopo.Già dalle prime righe la magia comincia e non ci lascia per tutto il tempo che scorriamo queste pagine. Troverete Peter Pan e tutti gli abitanti di questo regno magico, tutti indaffarati dietro quel bambino che si è perso e attorno al quale ruota tutta la storia.

Author: R. J. B. Bosworth
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110107857X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 720

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With Mussolini ’s Italy, R.J.B. Bosworth—the foremost scholar on the subject writing in English—vividly brings to life the period in which Italians participated in one of the twentieth century’s most notorious political experiments. Il Duce’s Fascists were the original totalitarians, espousing a cult of violence and obedience that inspired many other dictatorships, Hitler’s first among them. But as Bosworth reveals, many Italians resisted its ideology, finding ways, ingenious and varied, to keep Fascism from taking hold as deeply as it did in Germany. A sweeping chronicle of struggle in terrible times, this is the definitive account of Italy’s darkest hour.

Author: Jeffrey Thompson Schnapp
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804726085
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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On an April evening in Florence in 1934, before twenty thousand spectators, the mass spectacle 18BL was presented, involving two thousand amateur actors, an air squadron, one infantry and cavalry brigade, fifty trucks, four field and machine gun batteries, ten field-radio stations, and six photoelectric units. However titantic its scale, 18BL's ambitions were even greater: to institute a revolutionary fascist theater of the future, a modern theatre of and for the masses that would end the crisis of the bourgeois theatre. This is the complete story of the event, a colossal failure to critics and spectators alike, which the fascist government took pains to expunge from the annals of the regime. The detailed reconstruction of these various aspects of 18BL serves as a springboard for a larger inquiry into the place of media, technology, and machinery in the fascist imagination, particularly in its links to fascist models of narrative, historiography, spectacle, and subjectivity.

Author: Daniela Gobetti
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071630783
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 303

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Your search for the right word in Italian is over. Stop hunting blindly through ordinary bilingual dictionaries! With 4,000 words, Must-Know Italian gives you the power to be understood in any situation. You'll never be at a loss for words again in the classroom il calcolatore (calculator), il, la supplente (substitute teacher) at the office lo stage (internship), la riunione (meeting) talking about the environment la conservazione (conservation), riciclare (recycle) discussing politics la cittadinanza (citizenship), il broglio elettorale (electoral fraud) shopping l(o)'affare (bargain), la cartina del bancomat (ATM card)

Author: Arnaldo Segarizzi
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Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Author: John Rink
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000152049
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 674

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This anthology brings together representative examples of the most significant and engaging scholarly writing on Chopin by a wide range of authors. The essays selected for the volume portray a rounded picture of Chopin as composer, pianist and teacher of his music, and of his overall achievement and legacy. Historical perspectives are offered on Chopin’s biography ’as cultural discourse’, on the evolution and origins of his style, and on the contexts of given works. A fascinating contemporary overview of Chopin’s oeuvre is also provided. Seven source studies assess the status and role of Chopin’s notational practices as well as some enigmatic sketch material. Essays in the field of performance studies scrutinise the ’cultural work’ carried out by Chopin’s performances and discuss his playing style along with that of his contemporaries and students. This paves the way for a body of essays on analysis, aesthetics and reception, considering aspects of genre and including an overview of analytical approaches to select works. The remaining essays address Chopin’s handling of form, rhythm and other musical elements, as well as the ’meaning’ of his msuic. The collection as a whole underscores one of the most important aspects of Chopin’s legacy, namely the paradoxical manner in which he drew from the past - in particular, certain eighteenth-century traditions - while stretching inherited conventions and practices to such an extent that a highly original ’music of the future’ was heralded.