The Politics of Poetics : Poetry and Social Activism in Early-Modern through Contemporary Italy.

Summerfield, Giovanna.

The Politics of Poetics : Poetry and Social Activism in Early-Modern through Contemporary Italy. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. - 1 online resource (247 pages)

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Through a series of original analyses of poetic works belonging to the Italian canon or purposely posing themselves at the margins of it, this book seeks to highlight poetry as an art form which has the capacity to show the incongruities of society, not just semantically, but especially through the use it makes of signifiers, which allow meaning to come through notwithstanding linear communication. Specifically, this volume identifies and analyzes a line of diverse early modern to contemporar ...

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Italian poetry--History and criticism.
Italian poetry--Political aspects.
Poésie italienne--Histoire et critique.
Poésie italienne--Aspect politique.
POETRY--Continental European.
Italian poetry.
Italian poetry--Political aspects.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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