#italianliterature

[whencyclopedia]

Dante: A Life

Writing a biography of Dante Alighieri is not an easy task even for the most talented historians. In narrating the life of the great Florentine poet, universally considered the initiator of Italian literature, scholars often excessively focus on the literary perspective and miss, or deal only superficially, other crucial aspects that forged Alighieri’s personality, such as his family background, his political affiliation, and his ideology.

In his book, translated by Allan Cameron and originally published in Italian in 2021, the 700th anniversary of Alighieri’s death, Alessandro Barbero is able to avoid these risks by writing a compelling and accurate profile of il Sommo Poeta, or "The Supreme Poet," as how the Italians call Dante.

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#Dante #Florence #ItalianLiterature

[postantiquity]

Inferno XXXIV, 133-139

My guide and I came on that hidden road to make our way back into the bright world; and with no care for any rest, we climbed - he first, I following – until I saw, through a round opening, some of those things of beauty Heaven bears. It was from there that we emerged, to see – once more – the stars.

#dantealighieri #dante #dantesinferno #inferno #tenthpouch #italianliterature #epicliterature #bookstagram #danteandvirgil #gustavedore #translatedby #allenmandelbaum #cantoxxxiv #canto34 #infernoxxxiv #inferno34 #9thcircle #ninthcircle #traitors

[litteraturvetare]

En, ingen och hundratusen av Luigi Pirandello

"Jag kände över huvud taget inte mig själv, jag hade inte någon som helst egen verklighet för mig själv, jag var som i ett tillstånd av ständig smältning, nästan flytande och formbar. De andra kände mig, var och en på sitt sätt, i enlighet med den verklighet de hade gett mig, var och en av dem såg alltså i mig en Moscarda som inte var jag, eftersom jag inte riktigt var någon för mig själv; lika många Moscarda som de var, och alla verkligare än jag, som, jag säger det igen, inte hade någon verklighet för mig själv."

En morgon påpekar Vitangelo Moscardas fru att hans näsa är sne. I hela tjugoåtta år har han varit ovetandes om det faktum att den lutar en aning åt höger. Denna till synes oskyldiga kommentar leder honom dessvärre in i en existentiell kris, eller ett existentiellt uppvaknande om man så vill (till viss del i alla fall, lite beroende på hur man ställer sig till det hela). Han börjar rannsaka sig själv såväl till det yttre som det inre, och inser att ingen riktigt kan se honom på samma sätt som han själv gör. Och i sin tur kan han inte se människorna i sin omgivning på samma sätt som de själva gör. Det ter sig som att världen består av en mängd olika medvetanden som aldrig fullt ut kan förstå varandra, eller se exakt det någon annan ser. Varje individs »jag« skiljer sig därmed från hur individen uppfattas av sin omgivning. Man är en, ingen och hundratusen på en och samma gång.

Tyckte om!! Det här är ett sådant verk som man kan återvända till och läsa på olika vis.

#luigipirandello #eningenochhundratusen #onenooneandonehundredthousand #psychoanalysis #italianliterature #italiensklitteratur #bookcoverart #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bokblogg

[michelle--harrison]

La Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice, Italy

Discover the charm of La Libreria Acqua Alta, an extraordinary bookstore nestled in the heart of Venice, Italy. Lose yourself among the stacks and let the magic of the written word whisk you away.

#ItalianLiterature #VeniceReadingCorner #VeniceBooklovers

[studentessamatta]

Buon venerdì! Happy Friday! It was a busy week of Italian lessons AND the first meeting of the Spring Matta Book Club. I wanted to take a moment to give a shout out to all my hard-working Italian students to share the pride I feel regarding their impressive progress with the world! Everyone is expressing themselves SO WELL!!! What a great week of conversation and language practice. Colette D, Laura G, Laura M, Kelly K, Carol S, Denise C, Tonya D, Dee A, Susan H, Therese S, Sara S, Martine J, Julie L, Robin L. Che bel lavoro! Complimenti! Continuate così! Great job! Keep it up! #learnItalian #italianLanguage #studyitalian #italianclass #ItalianConversation #ItalianCulture #Italianbookclub #italianliterature #readinginitalian #bookclubitaliano #leggereinitaliano #parliamoitalian #italianidioms #italianexpressions #ItalianVocabulary #studentessamatta https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpn_XarsQCL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[juniperscribe]

It’s really rainy & cold here, but I’ve been meaning to post this late #summerreading selection for awhile. Originally published in Italian in ‘73, this is the first English translation. I picked it up somewhat randomly before heading down to the shore in August. Perfect seasonal selection. Reminded me a lot of Bright Lights Big City, a favorite of mine, but sub in early ‘70s Rome for early ‘80s NYC. This protagonist is low on the totem pole at a newspaper, as opposed to McInerney’s who a fact checker at a thinly veiled New Yorker mag. Both young men are living outside their means as they carouse with folks from the upper/upper middle class. You could see many of these people eventually aging up into the characters portrayed in Sorrento’s film of 2010s Rome, The Great Beauty. Also, the way these folks talk about Rome in this book is the same way people talk about NYC – same love/hate relationship. A lot of fun until the fun becomes tragic. #bookcoverdesign by Zak Tebbal. #italianliterature #reading #bookstagram #typography #graphicdesign (at Bedford-Stuyvesant) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjRKjHOLLM_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#summerreading #bookcoverdesign #italianliterature #reading #bookstagram #typography #graphicdesign

[maotse]

Jim della Canapa.doc

Vedo ora questo testo, dove in fondo tentava di romanzare quello che del suo mestiere mi avrebbe detto il giorno dopo alla Garamond. Vi ritrovo la sua acribia, la sua passione, la sua nostalgia di una creatività mai realizzata, il suo rigore morale che lo obbligava a punirsi perché desiderava ciò a cui non sentiva di avere diritto, dando del suo desiderio una immagine patetica e oleografica. Non ho mai trovato qualcuno che sapesse compiangersi con tanto disprezzo.

#garamond #jimdellacanapa #jimdellacanapa.doc #belbo #jacopobelbo #eco #letteratura #morale #acribia #passione #disprezzo #compiangersi #umbertoeco #foucault #ilpendolodifoucault #pendolo #literature #italianliterature #scrivere #desiderio

[upwords1990]

Second Chance Love: Mafia, seasoned romance a.co/d/424EbEW

Debbie Hope

#italianliterature

#worldliterature

#mafiaromance

#mafiaseasonedromance

#romancenovels

#BookNow2024#booktok#threads#urbanfantasy#bookstagram#BlueSkySocial#bestsellingauthor

#Buzzworthy

#debbiehope

[cjpromotionsmarketing]

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Second Chance Love: Mafia, seasoned romance a.co/d/424EbEW

Debbie Hope

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#BookNow2024 #booktok #threads #urbanfantasy #bookstagram #BlueSkySocial #bestsellingauthor

#Buzzworthy

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[descaslibrary]

What is going on with the youngsters nowadays? What should we do to protective, conservative, so-considered outdated parents? Why should relationship between parents-children become something problematic? Ah, that is what Serra tells us in his book. Gli Sdraiati (the recumbent people/Couch Potato) portrays the complex relationship between the younger generation and their parents today. It is written sarcastically in a long monologue which will make you giggle because of the satire yet offer you a reflective moment to spotlight the problem delivered. The book is a light reading. It's a fun one with an interesting subject to deliver. However, after few pages, the monologue is getting to monotone for me. The author can just deliver the mockery in such deeper way yet what I have read was somehow just too superficial. The novel was adapted into a movie in 2017. The comedy-drama adaptation is starred by Claudio Bisio and is directed by Francesca Archibugi. The movie somehow is more interesting than the novel. Give it a go. #bookish #booklover #bookishindonesia #bookaholic #bookstagram #bookstagramindonesia #bibliophile #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookaddict #bookblogger #bookaesthetic #bookenthusiast #descalibrary #descaslibrary #descanto #fictionbook #nonfiction #igreads #igbook #instaread #instabooks #literatureisliving #riotgrams #micheleserra #italianwriter #italianliterature #glisdraiati #descareading2022 (at Bangkok Thailand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfBHkFHrkhx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[backpacksnstuff]

A boy climbs up into a tree and stays there 🌳. The years pass by and the obstinacy turns into philosophy. The boy confronts pirates, gets a fearsome bandit into books, falls in love with a girl as stubborn and proud as himself, and witnesses political changes. All that being up in the trees 😧 The story flows G.G.Márquez style becoming a myth and ending accordingly, which I liked a lot 🙃. #instabooks #instabookstagram #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #whattoread #whattoreadnext #italianauthor #italianliterature #italocalvino #thebaroninthetrees #myth #europeanliterature #historicalfiction (at Tallinn, Estonia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW0mhKdgmUr/?utm_medium=tumblr

#instabooks #instabookstagram #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #whattoread #whattoreadnext #italianauthor #italianliterature #italocalvino #thebaroninthetrees #myth #europeanliterature #historicalfiction

[betweensunflowersanddaffodils]

Your arm in mine, I've descended a million stairs at least.

And now that you're not here, a void yawns at every step.

Even so our long journey was brief.

I'm still en route, with no further need

of reservations, connections, ruses,

the constant contempt of those who think reality

is what one sees.

I’ve descended millions of stairs giving you my arm,

not of course because four eyes see better.

I went downstairs with you because I knew

the only real eyes, however darkened,

belonged to you.

Eugenio Montale, Satura 1962-1970, Xenia

translated by William Arrowsmith

In memory of Drusilla Tanzi, Montale's wife.

Montale was an italian poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975.

#eugeniomontale #icryeverytime #oneofmyfav #crying #thatslove #love #thefeels #itmakesmecryeverytime #poetry #poem #italianpoem #italianpoetry #italianpoet #montale #literature #italianliterature #ermetismo #xenia #satura #translation

[postantiquity]

Inferno XXX, 39-41

Myrrha loved her father past the limits of just love She came to sin with him by falsely taking another’s shape upon herself

#dantealighieri #dante #dantesinferno #inferno #italianliterature #epicliterature #bookstagram #danteandvirgil #gustavedore #translatedby #allenmandelbaum #infernoxxx #inferno30 #cantoxxx #canto30 #8thcircle #eighthcircle #counterfeiters #myrrha #smyrna

[modernlitstudent]

24.11.20

Today I started to study for my comparated literatures exam that I'll have in January.

We focused on modernism and 20's novels.

I found the whole course so interest and I'm in love with the subject and all the material I have to read even if the only fact that I have to study for exams makes me so anxious but here I am

#italianliterature #compared literatures #modernliterature #modernism #studyblr literatures #studyblr #uni student

[buleos]

A nessuno piace il Paradiso di Dante.

Però è anche uno dei modi migliori per conoscere lui, nel suo intimo.

#dante #poetry #italianliterature #italy #literature #dante's inferno #paradiso #purgatorio

[studentessamatta]

Why participate in an Italian book club… specifically the Studentessa Matta's Book? Learn the reasons in a new post on the StudentessaMatta.com website, AND learn a few new Italian idioms. Join me this March 2023 in reading “Io non ho Paura” di Niccolo Ammaniti. Spots are still available. After 5 weeks you will have read a novel in Italian! You will be guided by Melissa, and have access to a thorough Reader's Guide that summarizes each chapter, proposes thoughtful questions written in Italian and English. You will also have access to the Studentessa Matta Quizlet site to practice vocabulary. Reading and discussing books in Italian is an excellent way to improve your language skills. By participating in the book club, you'll have the opportunity to practice your reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar in a supportive and engaging environment.   "Io non ho paura" is a coming-of-age story set in southern Italy during the 1970s, and it explores themes such as family, friendship, and the challenges of growing up.   Joining a book club can be a great way to meet new people and build relationships who share similar passions — reading and learning Italian. #StudentessaMatta #ItalianBookClub #IoNonHoPaura #NiccolòAmmaniti #ItalianLiterature #LearnItalianThroughReading #LanguageLearningCommunity #ItalianCulture #ItalianMysteryNovel #ReadingInItalian #ItalianLanguageLearners #LanguageExchange #ItalianDiscussionGroup #ImproveItalianSkills #ItalianAdventures #ItalianExperience #LaDolceVita https://www.instagram.com/p/CpJFX4VPFh1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#studentessamatta #italianbookclub #iononhopaura #niccolòammaniti #italianliterature #learnitalianthroughreading #languagelearningcommunity #italianculture #italianmysterynovel #readinginitalian #italianlanguagelearners #languageexchange #italiandiscussiongroup #improveitalianskills #italianadventures #italianexperience #ladolcevita