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This period is known in the history of Italian literature as the Secentismo. [120] Its writers deployed complex, far-fetched comparisons, paradoxes, and paralogical statements (acutezze) in order to exhibit the writer's genius and ingenuity (ingegno), and provoke wonder (meraviglia) in the reader. [121]
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.
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
Timeline. Italy portal: ... The only written information comes from classical literature of the ... The 17th century was a tumultuous period in Italian history ...
The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces.
A 16th-century movement and style that emerged in the later Italian High Renaissance. Mannerism in literature is notable for its elegant, highly florid style and intellectual sophistication [2] [4] [5] Michelangelo, Clément Marot, Giovanni della Casa, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Torquato Tasso, Veronica Franco, Miguel de Cervantes: Petrarchism
Category: History of literature in Italy. ... 20th-century Italian literature (2 C, 7 P) 21st-century Italian literature (2 C, 2 P) L. Literary museums in Italy (3 P) M.
1768 in literature – Poems – Thomas Gray; The Good-Natur'd Man by Oliver Goldsmith; False Delicacy by Hugh Kelly; An Account of Corsica by James Boswell; A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne; 1769 in literature – The History of Emily Montague – Frances Brooke; The History and Adventures of an Atom – Tobias ...