The other Italy : the literary canon in dialect / Hermann W. Haller.

By:

Haller, Hermann W, 1945- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English, Italian Original language: Italian Series: Toronto Italian studiesPublication details: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1999.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 377 pages) : mapContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781442681996
1442681993

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Other Italy.DDC classification:

850.9

LOC classification:

PQ4053.D45 H34 1999eb

Other classification:

18.29
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Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""MAP""; ""Introduction: Literature and Dialect""; ""Part I: A Feast of Languages: The Different Modes of the Literary Dialects""; ""1 Dialect Poetry""; ""2 Language at Play: The Italian Dialect Theatre""; ""3 Narrative Prose in Dialect""; ""4 Aspects of the History of Language and Dialects""; ""Part II: The Dialect Canon through the Regions: A Literary Repertory of the Other Italy""; ""1 Piedmont""; ""2 Liguria""; ""3 Lombardy""; ""4 Veneto""; ""5 Friuli""; ""6 Emilia-Romagna""; ""7 Tuscany""; ""8 Marche""; ""9 Umbria""; ""10 Lazio""; ""11 Abruzzo and Molise""

""12 Campania""""13 Puglia""; ""14 Lucania""; ""15 Calabria""; ""16 Sicily""; ""17 Sardinia""; ""APPENDIX: An Overview of Major Dialect Authors across Time and Regions""; ""GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEXES""; ""Index of Names and Subjects""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""Z""; ""Index of Dialect Repertory: Authors by Genre and Region""; ""Dialect Poetry""; ""Dialect Theatre""; ""Dialect Prose""

Summary: Italy possesses two literary canons, one in the Tuscan language and the other made up of the various dialects of its many regions. The Other Italy presents for the first time an overview of the principal authors and texts of Italy's literary canon in dialect. It highlights the cultivated dialect poetry, drama, and narrative prose since the codification of the Tuscan literary language in the early sixteenth century, when writing in dialect became a deliberate and conscious alternative to the official literary standard. The book offers a panorama of the literary dialects of Italy over five centuries and across the country's regions, shedding light on a profoundly plurilingual and polycentric civilization. As a guide to reading and research, it provides a compendium of literary sources in dialect, arranged by region and accompanied by syntheses of regional traditions with selected textual illustrations. A work of extraordinary importance, The Other Italy was awarded the Modern Language Association of America's Aldo and Jean Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies. It will serve scholars as an indispensable resource book for years to come.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes poems written in Italian dialects, with translations into English.

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Italy possesses two literary canons, one in the Tuscan language and the other made up of the various dialects of its many regions. The Other Italy presents for the first time an overview of the principal authors and texts of Italy's literary canon in dialect. It highlights the cultivated dialect poetry, drama, and narrative prose since the codification of the Tuscan literary language in the early sixteenth century, when writing in dialect became a deliberate and conscious alternative to the official literary standard. The book offers a panorama of the literary dialects of Italy over five centuries and across the country's regions, shedding light on a profoundly plurilingual and polycentric civilization. As a guide to reading and research, it provides a compendium of literary sources in dialect, arranged by region and accompanied by syntheses of regional traditions with selected textual illustrations. A work of extraordinary importance, The Other Italy was awarded the Modern Language Association of America's Aldo and Jean Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies. It will serve scholars as an indispensable resource book for years to come.

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