Серия "Dover Dual Language Italian"

Winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize for literature, Luigi Pirandello (1867 – 1936) is best known for such landmark plays as Six Characters in Search of an Author. One of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, he also distinguished himself in a vast outpouring of short stories, poetry, novels, and essays. The stories often provided the seeds for later novels and plays.The 11 tales included in this collection are among his best. Presented in the original Italian with excellent new English...

Begun about 1307 and completed in 1321, Dante&apos;s sublime poetic masterpiece, <I>The Divine Comedy,</I> is one of the world&apos;s great works of literature. It comprises an extraordinarily vivid and imaginative account of the poet&apos;s allegorical journey through the afterlife. Complementing its depiction of the world beyond, the poem&apos;s abundant allusions to earthly history and politics, vivid portrayals of Dante&apos;s friends and enemies, and many references to...

With his novels, short stories, and plays, Giovanni Verga (1840&#8211;1922) achieved renown in the Italian verismo (realist) school of writing. This outstanding selection of 12 short stories &#8212; most from the Sicilian writer&apos;s Vita dei campi (Rural Life) and Novelle rusticane (Rustic Stories) &#8212; attests to his storytelling skills.Selections include «Nedda,» a short story that initiated Verga&apos;s naturalistic depictions of Sicilian peasant life; the much-celebrated...

This anthology highlights seven centuries of Italian poetry that will help you learn the language as well. Included are 34 examples&nbsp;of Italian verse in the original with English translations on facing pages. Twenty-one poets are represented, from Saint Francis of Assisi, author of the first memorable Italian lyric, «Cancio delle creature,» to Salvatore Quasimodo, winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize for Literature. Also included are works by Dante, Petrarch, Ariosto, Tasso, and Montale, as...

Beginning students of Italian language and literature will welcome this bilingual anthology edited especially for their needs. Ranging from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries, it features the works of Dante, Boccaccio, Pirandello, and fifty-two others in both the original Italian and expert English translations on the facing pages. Selections include excerpts from poetry, fiction, history, and philosophy.This is a «first reader» in the sense of its introduction to Italian literature from...