Italian Writers
Italian Folktales
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This collection, compiled by the great Italian writer Italo Calvino, contains 200 folktales. A The New York Times Notable Book. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
Claustrophilia
Through extended readings of English, French, and Italian writers of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries, \"Claustrophilia\" shows that medieval enclosures actually make room for desires and communities that a poetics of pure openness would exclude.
Futurism
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Futurism, invented in 1909 by the Italian writer and cultural impresario F. T. Marinetti, was the defining avant-garde movement of the early twentieth century. Inspired by the cities, technology, speed, and latent violence of the world around them, the...
The Decameron
Pasolini wrote, directed and stars in this richly textured epic based on eight tales by 14th-century Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio....
Pastonchi™ Pro Regular
Italian poet and author, Francesco Pastonchi was commissioned to produce a new edition of the Italian Classics but was unable to find types which satisfied his needs.
Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis and of Tombs
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By Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827), one of Italy's greatest patriot poets, this novella (first published in 1818) about an Italian in ex Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
Modern Italian Poets
A collection of biographical sketches about Italian poets by William Dean Howells.
Under the Tuscan Sun
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Frances Mayes--widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer--opens the door on a wondrous new world when she buys an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside.