ITA371 Power and Success in the Renaissance

This is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Italian; includes realistic role plays in short scenes, set in a range of different contexts.

Contains some 600 entries on all aspects of Italian literary culture. It includes analytical essays on authors and works.

Written by an experienced native and non-native speaker team, this unique volume is an essential, one-stop reference.

The new edition of the Modern Italian Grammar is an innovative reference guide with a strong emphasis on contemporary usage.

A guide to Italian usage for students who have already acquired the basics and wish to extend their knowledge.

A collection of essays on teaching Italian language, literature, and culture through theater.

Designed to teach the basic elements of the Italian language, this book is a breakthrough in the field of language studies.

Lists English-language translations of 20th century Italian literature published between 1929 and 1997.

Comprehensive information on translations for those interested in comparative literature.

Offers a clear and concise explanation of why modern Italian grammar has become the way it is.

Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the present day, looking at themes and issues which have recurred throughout its history.

This anthology serves as a literary map to guide readers through the varied geography of contemporary Italian fiction.

Italy possesses one of the richest and most influential literatures of Europe, stretching back to the thirteenth century.

Lista all English-language translations of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Italian literature.

Italy possesses two literary canons, one in the Tuscan language and the other made up of the various dialects of its many regions.

A selection of poems in the original Italian, with introductory material and notes in English.

From the early thirteenth century to the present, takes a broad view of what constitutes literature, covering historical writing, travel writing, theatre, the novel, poetry, and critical theory.

Covers the theory of the novel in Italy, the historical novel, realism, modernism, postmodernism, neorealism, and film.

Comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy covering a wide range of political, historical and cultural questions.

Presents a lively, comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and current approach to the period that extends from the turn of the fourteenth century through the sixteenth.

A fresh overall view and interpretation of the modern economic growth of one of the largest European countries.

Genuinely interdisciplinary in character, treating traditional political, economic, and legal concerns, with a particular emphasis on neglected areas of popular culture.

A complete reworking and update of Marga Cottino-Jones' popular A Student's Guide to Italian Film (1983, 1993).

A complete history of pasta in Italy, telling its long story via the extravagant variety of shapes it takes.

Combines an Italian culinary dictionary with a recipe inventory.

Questions about the built legacy of the fascist regime provoke polemics among architects and scholars.

Provides a panoramic view of fifteenth-century Florence in the words of the city's own citizens and visitors.

Many immigrants arrived in the new world with only a vague sense of nationality. In Italy, their identity had been primarily connected with their villages. In Toronto, a more emphatic sense of Italian nationalism developed.

In the course of the twentieth century, Italy succeeded in establishing itself as one of the world's preeminent fashion capitals.

The gold standard among English-language works on the Italian legal system.

A cultural history of early Italian industrialism, set against the political, social, and intellectual background of post-unification Italy.

Analyzes the evolution of Italian viticulture and winemaking from the 1860s to the new Millennium.

Looks at the work of three of the most significant women in late nineteenth century Italy.

Contains biographical, critical, and bibliographical profiles of 51 writers from the 14th century to the present day.

Italy has been a model tourist destination for longer than it has been a modern state.

Beautifully illustrated overview guiding students through the complex history of the Renaissance.

In 150 years Italy transformed itself from a poor country into one where living standards are among the highest in the world.

The book focuses on the humanities, charting its roots in the Italian Renaissance and exploring its development up to the Enlightenment.

A chronicle of the beloved base ingredient, from its origins, agricultural riches, and controversy to the passion, pride, and nostalgia it inspires today.

Looks at mafia movies and television over time and across cultures, from the early classics to the Godfather trilogy and contemporary films.