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Frontmatter i
Foreword v
Preface vii
Contents ix
INTRODUCTION. The Backgrounds of Italian Literature 1
CHAPTER 1. Early Folk Literature and Minstrelsy 9
CHAPTER 2. St. Francis of Assisi 13
CHAPTER 3. Frederick the Second and His Circle 17
CHAPTER 4. Poetry of the Latter Half of the Thirteenth Century 23
CHAPTER 5. Prose of the Latter Half of the Thirteenth Century 36
CHAPTER 6. Dante in Florence 41
CHAPTER 7. Dante in Exile 50
CHAPTER 8. The Divine Comedy 59
CHAPTER 9. Contemporaries of Dante 73
CHAPTER 10. Petrarch 80
CHAPTER 11. Boccaccio 101
CHAPTER 12. Contemporaries of Petrarch and Boccaccio 113
CHAPTER 13. Writers of the Late Fourteenth Century 117
CHAPTER 14. The Militant Humanists 123
CHAPTER 15. Contemporaries of the Militant Humanists 131
CHAPTER 16. Lorenzo de’ Medici 136
CHAPTER 17. Florentine Humanists 148
CHAPTER 18. Luigi Pulci and Other Florentine Writers 158
Chapter 19. Neapolitan, Ferrarese, and Other Writers 167
CHAPTER 20. Bembo 177
CHAPTER 21. Ariosto 185
CHAPTER 22. Michelangelo and Other Poets 196
CHAPTER 23. Mackiavelli and Guicciaraini 208
CHAPTER 24. Castiglione and Other Prose Writers 226
CHAPTER 25. Comedy and Tragedy 237
CHAPTER 26. Poetry of the Mid–Sixteenth Century 244
CHAPTER 27. Prose of the Mid–Sixteenth Century 251
CHAPTER 28. The Pastoral Play and the Commedia dell’arte 263
CHAPTER 29. Torquato Tasso 268
CHAPTER 30. Giordano Bruno 282
CHAPTER 31. The Drama in the Late Sixteenth Century 289
CHAPTER 32. Marino and Other Poets 292
CHAPTER 33. Campanella 299
CHAPTER 34. Galileo and Other Prose Writers 307
CHAPTER 35. Early Opera 314
CHAPTER 36. A Stagnant Interval 319
CHAPTER 37. Metastasio and Other Arcadians 324
CHAPTER 38. Vico 334
CHAPTER 39. Goldoni and Carlo Gozzi 342
CHAPTER 40. Parini and Other Writers 355
CHAPTER 41. Alfieri 365
CHAPTER 42. Foscolo and Other Waiters 376
CHAPTER 43. Manzoni 388
CHAPTER 44. Leopardi 399
CHAPTER 45. Contemporaries of Manzoni and Leopardi 411
CHAPTER 46. Mazzini 420
CHAPTER 47. Contemporaries of Mazzini 429
CHAPTER 48. Carducci and Other Poets 436
CHAPTER 49. De Sanctis, Verga, and Other Writers 448
CHAPTER 50. Pascoli and Other Poets 460
CHAPTER 51. and Other Writers 470
CHAPTER 52. Writers of the Twentieth Century 478
CHAPTER 53. The Literature of the Republic 496
APPENDIX A LIST OF ADDITIONAL WRITERS A LIST OF ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS AND BOOKS IN ENGLISH DEALING WITH ITALIAN LITERATURE A CHRONOLOGICAL CHART INDEX
A LIST OF ADDITIONAL WRITERS 527
A LIST OF ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS AND BOOKS IN ENGLISH DEALING WITH ITALIAN LITERATURE 529
A CHRONOLOGICAL CHART 549
INDEX 561

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Foreword v
Preface vii
Contents ix
INTRODUCTION. The Backgrounds of Italian Literature 1
CHAPTER 1. Early Folk Literature and Minstrelsy 9
CHAPTER 2. St. Francis of Assisi 13
CHAPTER 3. Frederick the Second and His Circle 17
CHAPTER 4. Poetry of the Latter Half of the Thirteenth Century 23
CHAPTER 5. Prose of the Latter Half of the Thirteenth Century 36
CHAPTER 6. Dante in Florence 41
CHAPTER 7. Dante in Exile 50
CHAPTER 8. The Divine Comedy 59
CHAPTER 9. Contemporaries of Dante 73
CHAPTER 10. Petrarch 80
CHAPTER 11. Boccaccio 101
CHAPTER 12. Contemporaries of Petrarch and Boccaccio 113
CHAPTER 13. Writers of the Late Fourteenth Century 117
CHAPTER 14. The Militant Humanists 123
CHAPTER 15. Contemporaries of the Militant Humanists 131
CHAPTER 16. Lorenzo de’ Medici 136
CHAPTER 17. Florentine Humanists 148
CHAPTER 18. Luigi Pulci and Other Florentine Writers 158
Chapter 19. Neapolitan, Ferrarese, and Other Writers 167
CHAPTER 20. Bembo 177
CHAPTER 21. Ariosto 185
CHAPTER 22. Michelangelo and Other Poets 196
CHAPTER 23. Mackiavelli and Guicciaraini 208
CHAPTER 24. Castiglione and Other Prose Writers 226
CHAPTER 25. Comedy and Tragedy 237
CHAPTER 26. Poetry of the Mid–Sixteenth Century 244
CHAPTER 27. Prose of the Mid–Sixteenth Century 251
CHAPTER 28. The Pastoral Play and the Commedia dell’arte 263
CHAPTER 29. Torquato Tasso 268
CHAPTER 30. Giordano Bruno 282
CHAPTER 31. The Drama in the Late Sixteenth Century 289
CHAPTER 32. Marino and Other Poets 292
CHAPTER 33. Campanella 299
CHAPTER 34. Galileo and Other Prose Writers 307
CHAPTER 35. Early Opera 314
CHAPTER 36. A Stagnant Interval 319
CHAPTER 37. Metastasio and Other Arcadians 324
CHAPTER 38. Vico 334
CHAPTER 39. Goldoni and Carlo Gozzi 342
CHAPTER 40. Parini and Other Writers 355
CHAPTER 41. Alfieri 365
CHAPTER 42. Foscolo and Other Waiters 376
CHAPTER 43. Manzoni 388
CHAPTER 44. Leopardi 399
CHAPTER 45. Contemporaries of Manzoni and Leopardi 411
CHAPTER 46. Mazzini 420
CHAPTER 47. Contemporaries of Mazzini 429
CHAPTER 48. Carducci and Other Poets 436
CHAPTER 49. De Sanctis, Verga, and Other Writers 448
CHAPTER 50. Pascoli and Other Poets 460
CHAPTER 51. and Other Writers 470
CHAPTER 52. Writers of the Twentieth Century 478
CHAPTER 53. The Literature of the Republic 496
APPENDIX A LIST OF ADDITIONAL WRITERS A LIST OF ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS AND BOOKS IN ENGLISH DEALING WITH ITALIAN LITERATURE A CHRONOLOGICAL CHART INDEX
A LIST OF ADDITIONAL WRITERS 527
A LIST OF ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS AND BOOKS IN ENGLISH DEALING WITH ITALIAN LITERATURE 529
A CHRONOLOGICAL CHART 549
INDEX 561

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