The Italian Short Story Through the Centuries: The Met(a)Morphoses of the Novella (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781527503328)

This collection of thirteen essays brings together Italian and American scholars to present a cooperative analysis of the Italian short story, beginning in the fourteenth century with Giovanni Boccaccio and arriving at the twentieth century with Alberto Moravia and Anna Maria Ortese. Throughout the book, the contributors carefully and intentionally unpack and explain the development of the short story genre and demonstrate the breadth of themes â " cultural, historical and linguistic â " detailed in these narratives.

Dedicated to a genre â oedevoted to lightness and flexibility, as well as quickness, exactitude, visibility and multiplicity, ⠝ this collection paints a careful and exacting picture of an important part of both Italian and literary history.

Author: Roberto Nicosia
ISBN-10: 1527503321
ISBN-13: 9781527503328
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 02/26/2018
Pages: 225
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.90w x 0.70d