Title: The Italian Library. Containing an Account of the Lives and Works of the Most Valuable Authors of Italy: With a Preface, Exhibiting the Changes of the . from the Barbarous Ages to the Present Time
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Publication Date: 2019
Language: English
ISBN 10: 9353603188
ISBN 13: 9789353603182
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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In The Italian Library, Giuseppe Baretti opens a doorway into centuries of Italian genius and taste. Language reveals a civilisation's soul. Through sketches of the lives of Italian writers and the works of the most valuable authors of Italy, he assembles an Italian authors biography collection that reads as both story and map: a history of Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, spanning medieval and early modern Italy, the Renaissance and Baroque Italy. At once an Italian literature reference guide and a classic literary criticism volume, it illuminates how poets, dramatists, historians and moralists shaped Europe's cultural imagination. Baretti's substantial preface traces the changes of the Tuscan tongue from what he calls the barbarous ages to the polished idiom of his day, offering an accessible guide to the development of the Italian language and the history of the Tuscan language for students of Italian and a reliable reference for literary scholars. Combining sharp judgement with deep erudition, he weighs reputations, defends neglected voices and questions fashionable idols, producing a work that remains a landmark in classic Italian literary studies and a rich companion to any serious library of European letters. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, equally rewarding for general readers exploring Italian lives and letters, for students of Italian refining style, and for historians and bibliophiles building a reference shelf.

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