Reviewing Mario Pratesi

An insightful history of book reviewing as a genre and a detailed study of its role in Italian literary culture, Reviewing Mario Pratesi opens up a new area for investigation within Italian literary studies.

Anne Urbancic is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian Studies and the Mary Rowell Jackman Professor and coordinator of VIC ONE (Northrop Frye and Lester Pearson Streams) at Victoria College, University of Toronto.

Maria Truglio, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Pennsylvania State University:
“Anne Urbancic’s meticulous and thorough archival research opens a fascinating window onto readers’ expectations at the end of the nineteenth century in Italy. Written in lively prose, Reviewing Mario Pratesi is a valuable source for scholars not only of Pratesi, but of verismo and indeed of post-unification Italian literature and culture generally.”