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Travels with Charley: In Search of America

by John Steinbeck ...

From Maine's northernmost tip to California's Monterey Peninsula, a journey across AmericaJohn Steinbeck set off at the age of fifty-eight to rediscover the nation he had been writing about for so many years with the intention of hearing the voice of the real America, smelling the grass and the trees, seeing the colours and the light. Steinbeck travels on highways and backroads with his French ... Read more

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From Maine's northernmost tip to California's Monterey Peninsula, a journey across AmericaJohn Steinbeck set off at the age of fifty-eight to rediscover the nation he had been writing about for so many years with the intention of hearing the voice of the real America, smelling the grass and the trees, seeing the colours and the light. Steinbeck travels on highways and backroads with his French
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The Decameron

by Giovanni Boccaccio, G. H. McWilliam ...

Translated by G. H. McWilliam ...

In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside...Taken from the Greek, meaning 'ten-day event', Boccaccio's Decameron sees his characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure, life and death, and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied ... Read more

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In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside...Taken from the Greek, meaning 'ten-day event', Boccaccio's Decameron sees his characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure, life and death, and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied
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The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso)

by Dante Alighieri ...

The Divine Comedy is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval worldview as it existed in the Western Church by the 14th ... Read more

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The Divine Comedy is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval worldview as it existed in the Western Church by the 14th
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Mini Short Stories in Italian for Beginners: Fun, Simple Stories to Boost Your Italian — With Vocab and Verb Help Included

by Mind Smith ...

What if learning Italian felt easy and fun... without hitting a wall when you start reading? This mini-collection of short stories is designed to help beginner learners read with confidence — without needing to stop for translations every sentence.Tired of overly complicated textbooks or generic language apps? We're here to fix that. These stories are short, real, and written just for beginner ... Read more

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What if learning Italian felt easy and fun... without hitting a wall when you start reading? This mini-collection of short stories is designed to help beginner learners read with confidence — without needing to stop for translations every sentence.Tired of overly complicated textbooks or generic language apps? We're here to fix that. These stories are short, real, and written just for beginner
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Discourses on Livy

by Niccolo Machiavelli ...

Translated by Julia Conaway Bondanella, Peter Bondanella ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
Machiavelli's commentary on Livy's history of Rome sets out his fundamental preference for a republican state. This translation is richly annotated, providing the contemporary reader with sufficient historical, linguistic, and political information to understand and interpret the revolutionary affirmations Machiavelli made, based on the historical evidence he found in Livy. - ;IDiscourses on Livy ... Read more

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Machiavelli's commentary on Livy's history of Rome sets out his fundamental preference for a republican state. This translation is richly annotated, providing the contemporary reader with sufficient historical, linguistic, and political information to understand and interpret the revolutionary affirmations Machiavelli made, based on the historical evidence he found in Livy. - ;IDiscourses on Livy
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Si c'est un homme de Primo Levi

Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis ...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’UniversalisLorsqu’il commence la rédaction de Si c’est un homme, Primo Levi (1919-1987) a vingt-six ans. Il vient de regagner l’Italie et de retrouver sa famille, après un an d’internement à Auschwitz.Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur Si c'est un homme de Primo LeviChaque fiche de lecture présente ... Read more

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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’UniversalisLorsqu’il commence la rédaction de Si c’est un homme, Primo Levi (1919-1987) a vingt-six ans. Il vient de regagner l’Italie et de retrouver sa famille, après un an d’internement à Auschwitz.Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur Si c'est un homme de Primo LeviChaque fiche de lecture présente
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 2: Purgatorio

Volume 2: Purgatorio

by Robert M. Durling, Ronald L. Martinez ...

The second volume of Oxford's new Divine Comedy presents the Italian text of the Purgatorio and, on facing pages, a new prose translation. Continuing the story of the poet's journey through the medieval Other World under the guidance of the Roman poet Virgil, the Purgatorio culminates in the regaining of the Garden of Eden and the reunion there with the poet's long-lost love Beatrice. This new ... Read more

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The second volume of Oxford's new Divine Comedy presents the Italian text of the Purgatorio and, on facing pages, a new prose translation. Continuing the story of the poet's journey through the medieval Other World under the guidance of the Roman poet Virgil, the Purgatorio culminates in the regaining of the Garden of Eden and the reunion there with the poet's long-lost love Beatrice. This new
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The Secret History of Dante

Unearthing the Real-Life Mysteries of the Inferno

by Mark Booth ...

Mark Booth, author of the international bestseller The Secret History of the World, uncovers the real-life stories of Dante and The Inferno.Why does Dante describe the Inferno as a real place? What secret society did Dante belong to? What was Dante’s connection with the Knights Templar? What was his secret connection to militant Islamic sects?Here you will find hidden codes, passageways under the ... Read more

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Mark Booth, author of the international bestseller The Secret History of the World, uncovers the real-life stories of Dante and The Inferno.Why does Dante describe the Inferno as a real place? What secret society did Dante belong to? What was Dante’s connection with the Knights Templar? What was his secret connection to militant Islamic sects?Here you will find hidden codes, passageways under the
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Don Camillo Stories of Giovannino Guareschi

A Humorist Potrays the Sacred

by Alan R. Perry ...

Giovannino Guareschi (1908-1968) was an Italian journalist, humorist, and cartoonist best known for his short stories based on the fictional Catholic priest Don Camillo. In this study, Alan R. Perry explores the Don Camillo stories from the perspective of Christian hermeneutics, a unique approach and the best critical key to unlocking the richness of both the author and his tales.The stories of ... Read more

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Giovannino Guareschi (1908-1968) was an Italian journalist, humorist, and cartoonist best known for his short stories based on the fictional Catholic priest Don Camillo. In this study, Alan R. Perry explores the Don Camillo stories from the perspective of Christian hermeneutics, a unique approach and the best critical key to unlocking the richness of both the author and his tales.The stories of
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Reading Dante

From Here to Eternity

by Prue Shaw ...

The best and most eloquent introduction to Dante for our time.Prue Shaw is one of the world's foremost authorities on Dante. Written with the general reader in mind, Reading Dante brings her knowledge to bear in an accessible yet expert introduction to his great poem.This is far more than an exegesis of Dante’s three-part Commedia. Shaw communicates the imaginative power, the linguistic skill and ... Read more

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The best and most eloquent introduction to Dante for our time.Prue Shaw is one of the world's foremost authorities on Dante. Written with the general reader in mind, Reading Dante brings her knowledge to bear in an accessible yet expert introduction to his great poem.This is far more than an exegesis of Dante’s three-part Commedia. Shaw communicates the imaginative power, the linguistic skill and
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Decadent Genealogies

The Rhetoric of Sickness from Baudelaire to D'Annunzio

by Barbara Spackman ...

Barbara Spackman here examines the ways in which decadent writers adopted the language of physiological illness and alteration as a figure for psychic otherness. By means of an ideological and rhetorical analysis of scientific as well as literary texts, she shows how the rhetoric of sickness provided the male decadent writer with an alibi for the occupation and appropriation of the female body. ... Read more

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Barbara Spackman here examines the ways in which decadent writers adopted the language of physiological illness and alteration as a figure for psychic otherness. By means of an ideological and rhetorical analysis of scientific as well as literary texts, she shows how the rhetoric of sickness provided the male decadent writer with an alibi for the occupation and appropriation of the female body.
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The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unlock the more straightforward side of The Leopard with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, which tells the story of the Salina family and their changing place in Sicilian society. The novel presents a sharply critical view of 19th century Sicilian society and, with the help of historical ... Read more

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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Leopard with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, which tells the story of the Salina family and their changing place in Sicilian society. The novel presents a sharply critical view of 19th century Sicilian society and, with the help of historical
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La coscienza di Zeno

by Italo Svevo, grandi Classici ...

La coscienza di Zeno di Italo Svevo ... Read more

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La coscienza di Zeno di Italo Svevo
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Les Fiancés

by Alessandro Manzoni ...

Les Fiancés est un roman historique de l'écrivain italien Alessandro Manzoni (1785 – 1873).Il est considéré comme l’un des écrits majeurs de la littérature italienne, et comme l'œuvre la plus représentative du Risorgimento et du romantisme italien. Du point de vue structurel, il s'agit du premier roman moderne de l'histoire de toute la littérature italienne.Ce livre numérique comporte une table ... Read more

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Les Fiancés est un roman historique de l'écrivain italien Alessandro Manzoni (1785 – 1873).Il est considéré comme l’un des écrits majeurs de la littérature italienne, et comme l'œuvre la plus représentative du Risorgimento et du romantisme italien. Du point de vue structurel, il s'agit du premier roman moderne de l'histoire de toute la littérature italienne.Ce livre numérique comporte une table
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri : Volume 3: Paradiso

Volume 3: Paradiso

by Ronald L. Martinez; Robert M. Durling; Robert Turner ...

Robert Durling's spirited new prose translation of the Paradiso completes his masterful rendering of the Divine Comedy. Durling's earlier translations of the Inferno and the Purgatorio garnered high praise, and with this superb version of the Paradiso readers can now traverse the entirety of Dante's epic poem of spiritual ascent with the guidance of one of the greatest living Italian-to-English ... Read more

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Robert Durling's spirited new prose translation of the Paradiso completes his masterful rendering of the Divine Comedy. Durling's earlier translations of the Inferno and the Purgatorio garnered high praise, and with this superb version of the Paradiso readers can now traverse the entirety of Dante's epic poem of spiritual ascent with the guidance of one of the greatest living Italian-to-English
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Capitan Tempesta: romanzo d'avventure

by grandi Classici, Emilio Salgari ...

Series series Grandi Classici
Capitan Tempesta: romanzo d'avventureopera completa di Emilio Salgari in versione integralelettura agevolata in formato ebook ... Read more

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Capitan Tempesta: romanzo d'avventureopera completa di Emilio Salgari in versione integralelettura agevolata in formato ebook
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What Literature Knows

Forays into Literary Knowledge Production

by Christoph Ehland, Antje Kley, Kai Merten ...

Series Book 2 - Contributions to English and American Literary Studies (CEALS)
This volume sheds light on the nexus between knowledge and literature. Arranged historically, contributions address both popular and canonical English and US-American writing from the early modern period to the present. They focus on how historically specific texts engage with epistemological questions in relation to material and social forms as well as representation. The authors discuss ... Read more

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This volume sheds light on the nexus between knowledge and literature. Arranged historically, contributions address both popular and canonical English and US-American writing from the early modern period to the present. They focus on how historically specific texts engage with epistemological questions in relation to material and social forms as well as representation. The authors discuss
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My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unlock the more straightforward side of My Brilliant Friend with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, which follows two bright young girls, Elena Greco and Lila Cerullo, as they navigate their childhood and teenage years in post-war Italy. In spite of Lila’s brilliance, her gender and her family’s ... Read more

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Unlock the more straightforward side of My Brilliant Friend with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, which follows two bright young girls, Elena Greco and Lila Cerullo, as they navigate their childhood and teenage years in post-war Italy. In spite of Lila’s brilliance, her gender and her family’s
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A Bluffer's Handbook to Machiavelli's The Prince

by Mark Colenutt ...

Considered the 'Koran of the courtiers', The Prince inspired Mussolini, and served Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and Carlos V. It is therefore a book that has impressed Monarchs, Emperors, Dictators and a Lord Protector. It has also been denounced as the work of the Devil and Old Nick's book has been read by Catholics and Protestants alike, with both religious factions believing it the work of the ... Read more

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Considered the 'Koran of the courtiers', The Prince inspired Mussolini, and served Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and Carlos V. It is therefore a book that has impressed Monarchs, Emperors, Dictators and a Lord Protector. It has also been denounced as the work of the Devil and Old Nick's book has been read by Catholics and Protestants alike, with both religious factions believing it the work of the
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Adultèri, delitti e filologia

Il caso della baronessa di Carini

by Alberto Varvaro ...

Series series Saggi
Una storia di amore e morte si consuma nel 1563 in un paese vicino a Palermo: è il famoso caso della baronessa di Carini, narrato in un poemetto di tradizione popolare ma apparso a stampa solo alla fine dell'Ottocento, e molte volte ripreso, fino a Pasolini. La giovanissima baronessa cede al suo corteggiatore, è sorpresa e uccisa dal padre per lavare l'onore della famiglia. Solo dopo una durissima ... Read more

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Una storia di amore e morte si consuma nel 1563 in un paese vicino a Palermo: è il famoso caso della baronessa di Carini, narrato in un poemetto di tradizione popolare ma apparso a stampa solo alla fine dell'Ottocento, e molte volte ripreso, fino a Pasolini. La giovanissima baronessa cede al suo corteggiatore, è sorpresa e uccisa dal padre per lavare l'onore della famiglia. Solo dopo una durissima
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Giacomo Leopardi e Gubbio

by Luigi M. Reale ...

Series Book 1 - Quaderni di italianistica.online
Primo numero della serie monografica "Quaderni di italianistica.online" (www.italianistica.online) ideata e curata da Luigi M. Reale. | Il ritrovamento nell'Archivio Diocesano di Gubbio della partecipazione di nascita di Giacomo Leopardi inviata il 5 luglio 1798 dal padre Monaldo a Gubbio ci fa risalire, tramite la nonna paterna di Giacomo, Virginia Mosca, ad una altrimenti dimenticata ascendenza ... Read more

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Primo numero della serie monografica "Quaderni di italianistica.online" (www.italianistica.online) ideata e curata da Luigi M. Reale. | Il ritrovamento nell'Archivio Diocesano di Gubbio della partecipazione di nascita di Giacomo Leopardi inviata il 5 luglio 1798 dal padre Monaldo a Gubbio ci fa risalire, tramite la nonna paterna di Giacomo, Virginia Mosca, ad una altrimenti dimenticata ascendenza
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Le Jardin des Finzi-Contini de Giorgio Bassani

Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis ...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’UniversalisGiorgio Bassani (1916-2000), qui a réuni ses nouvelles sous le titre d’Histoires ferraraises et baptisé Le Roman de Ferrare l’édition définitive de ses romans, assure qu’il n’a jamais écrit qu’un seul livre : il est en effet le chroniqueur de la communauté juive de Ferrare et son œuvre est dominée par le sentiment d’exclusion qui ... Read more

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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’UniversalisGiorgio Bassani (1916-2000), qui a réuni ses nouvelles sous le titre d’Histoires ferraraises et baptisé Le Roman de Ferrare l’édition définitive de ses romans, assure qu’il n’a jamais écrit qu’un seul livre : il est en effet le chroniqueur de la communauté juive de Ferrare et son œuvre est dominée par le sentiment d’exclusion qui
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Sienkiewicz’s Bodies

Studies of Gender and Violence

by Ryszard Koziolek, Jaroslaw Fazan ...

Series Book 10 - Polish Studies – Transdisciplinary Perspectives
Sienkiewicz’s Bodies focuses on the work of the most popular Polish writer from the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. It discusses the surprising success of Sienkiewicz’s writing in relation to the dissection of optimistic illusion that takes place during a reading of its cruel prose. Sienkiewicz is seen as something more than a juggler of genius in narrative prose. ... Read more

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Sienkiewicz’s Bodies focuses on the work of the most popular Polish writer from the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. It discusses the surprising success of Sienkiewicz’s writing in relation to the dissection of optimistic illusion that takes place during a reading of its cruel prose. Sienkiewicz is seen as something more than a juggler of genius in narrative prose.
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Grandi Classici di Italo Svevo

by grandi Classici, Italo Svevo ...

Series series Grandi Classici
In questo ebook troverete i due capolavori di Italo Svevo:- Senilità- La coscienza di Zeno ... Read more

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In questo ebook troverete i due capolavori di Italo Svevo:- Senilità- La coscienza di Zeno
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