World Literature and Its Times: Italian LiteratureCall Number: Online in Gale Virtual Reference Library
ISBN: 9781414405131
Publication Date: 2005
World Literature and Its Times makes connections between the political/social climate during which books were written and the works themselves, focusing on major fiction, poetry and nonfiction from a particular country or region. Vol. 7: Italian Literature covers "Adonis" by Giovanbattista Marino, "Canzoniere" by Petrarch, "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri, "The Duel" by Casanova, "Jerusalem Delivered" by Torquato Tasso, "Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, "The Travels of Marco Polo" by Marco Polo, "The Prince" by Machiavelli and more.