The Revolt of the Scribe in Modern Italian Literature 1st Edition by Thomas Peterson ISBN 1442640898 978-1442640894

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ISBN 10: 1442640898 

ISBN 13: 978-1442640894

Author: Thomas E. Peterson 

The Revolt of the Scribe in Modern Italian Literature offers a perceptive re-assessment of Italian literary culture, focusing on the nature of modernity through the literature of those who revolt against established norms and expectations. By exploring selected works from authors such as Deledda, Foscolo, Ungaretti, Bertolucci, and Valeri, Thomas E. Peterson considers the categories of vatic poetry, the feminine voice, and the writings of those situated on Italy’s cultural periphery.

As practitioners of literary Italian, Peterson argues that these authors are conscious of their role in preserving both language and tradition during a period of great upheaval and national transformation. At the same time, they use their writings to move towards change, combat alienation, and reconfigure the self in relation to the community. In treating the act of authorship in terms of its cultural and didactic significance, Peterson successfully bridges the gap between traditional literary critical monographs and the trend toward cultural studies.

Table of contents: 

PART ONE: THE LEGACY OF THE POETA VATE

1. Justice, Modesty, and Compassion in Ugo Foscolo’s Ajace

2. Paradoxical Romanticism: Alessandro Manzoni’s Il Cinque maggio

3. Pascolian Intertexts in the Lyric Poetry of Attilio Bertolucci

4. The Ethics and Pathos of Giuseppe Ungaretti’s Ragioni d’una poesia

5. Diego Valeri: A Classic Poet in the Modern Era

PART TWO: ROADS TO ROME: THE FEMININE VOICE
6. The Typological Journey of Grazia Deledda’s Canne al vento
7. Iconicity and Social Thought in Elsa Morante’s Lo scialle andaluso
8. Of the Barony: Anna Banti and the Time of Decision
9. The Religious Experimentalism of Amelia Rosselli

PART THREE: PERIPHERAL NOVELISTS AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
10. From Z to A: Italo Svevo’s Corto viaggio sentimentale
11. The Pains of the Prophet: Guido Morselli and the Problem of Evil
12. Vasco Pratolini’s Il quartiere as a Calque of Purgatorio

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