Introduction to Twentieth Century Italian Literature: A Difficult Modernity

by Robert S.C. Gordon

Short accessible introductions to European literature and culture. Twentieth-century Italy was marked by a profound and often convulsive transformation in both society and culture, accompanied at various stages by war, violence and dictatorship. This was Italy's 'difficult' entry into modernity. The voices of Italian literature responded to this transformation with a bewildering combination of excitement and anxiety, from the loud embrace of the new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715634372
• ISBN13: 9780715634370
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"