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The Adventures of Pinocchio is one of the world's most translated books [188] and a canonical piece of children's literature. [189] Italy has a long history of children's literature. In 1634, the Pentamerone from Italy became the first major published collection of European folk tales.
The Storia della letteratura italiana (History of Italian Literature) is an essay written by Italian literary critic Francesco de Sanctis, published by Morano in two volumes in 1870 and 1871. It is considered the first truly complete, organic treatment of Italian literature as a whole.
Category: History of literature in Italy. ... Printable version; In other projects ... 21st-century Italian literature (2 C, 2 P) L.
This is a timeline of Italian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Italy and its predecessor states, including Ancient Rome and Prehistoric Italy. Date of the prehistoric era are approximate. For further background, see history of Italy and list of prime ministers of Italy
The order of the letters of the alphabet is attested from the 14th century BC in the town of Ugarit on Syria's northern coast. [23] Tablets found there bear over one thousand cuneiform signs, but these signs are not Babylonian and there are only thirty distinct characters. About twelve of the tablets have the signs set out in alphabetic order.
Print/export Download as PDF ... History of literature in Italy (8 C) I. ... Pages in category "Italian literature" The following 46 pages are in this category, out ...
Italy took the initiative in entering the war in spring 1915, despite strong popular and elite sentiment in favor of neutrality. Italy was a large, poor country whose political system was chaotic, its finances were heavily strained, and its army was very poorly prepared. [160] The Triple Alliance meant little either to Italians or Austrians.
The Italian Renaissance was to a large extent an expression of humanism, that led to one of the most productive and significant periods in human history in the arts, literature, medicine and science. Greeks fleeing the Turkish invasion of the Byzantine Empire flocked to Italy, and helped spur the Renaissance and interest in ancient Greek texts.