Beginning students of Italian language and literature will welcome this bilingual anthology edited especially for their needs.
He continues to work as a selector, compiler, editor, and translator of literature in a remarkable range of languages that includes Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Russian..
About the Author: Stanley Appelbaum served for decades as Dover\'s Editor in Chief until his retirement in 1996.
It will thrill anyone seeking a fast-paced survey of a vital body of literature from one of the world\'s greatest cultural legacies.
This self-contained anthology can be used with or without an instructor.
Readers can sample the works of men renowned for other talents, such as Michelangelo and Galileo, and discover the original language of The Decameron, The Prince, and even Pinocchio.
The excerpts are unadulterated, not retold or simplified.
A solid background in Italian grammar is necessary for the fullest appreciation of the original text.
This is a "First reader" in the sense of its introduction to Italian literature from the 1300s to the 1920s.
Selections include excerpts from poetry, fiction, history, and philosophy.
Ranging from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries, it features the works of Dante, Boccaccio, Pirandello, and fifty-two others in both the original Italian and expert English translations on the facing pages.
Beginning students of Italian language and literature will welcome this bilingual anthology edited especially for their needs
