KnowraItalian literatureLinked fromLinked fromThe 31 pages that link to Italian literature, each with the reason it gives.All 31Related 2Narrower topic 27Compared with 2Dante AlighieriNarrower topic: Dante became a foundational figure for later Italian poets and writers.Geoffrey ChaucerNarrower topic: Chaucer encountered Italian works that shaped the plots and forms of his poetry.Divine ComedyNarrower topic: Dante’s poem helped establish the prestige and expressive range of literary Italian.Filippo Tommaso MarinettiNarrower topic: Marinetti’s experiments challenged established Italian literary conventions.Giovanni BoccaccioNarrower topic: Boccaccio helped establish vernacular Italian as a language for ambitious literary prose.Primo LeviNarrower topic: Levi’s distinctive prose and fiction form a major part of postwar Italian literature.Swiss literatureCompared with: Swiss Italian writing shares the language but has a distinct regional base and national setting.The DecameronNarrower topic: The Decameron helped establish prose fiction in the Italian vernacular.Italo CalvinoNarrower topic: Calvino became one of the most widely translated Italian authors of the twentieth century.Eugenio MontaleNarrower topic: Montale’s poetry reshaped the language and possibilities of twentieth-century Italian lyric.Giacomo LeopardiNarrower topic: Leopardi became a central nineteenth-century poet in this literary tradition.Giovanni VergaNarrower topic: Verga’s novels and stories helped reshape Italian fiction after national unification.Joachim du BellayCompared with: Italian models inspired du Bellay but also sharpened his ambition for French verse.Carlo GoldoniNarrower topic: Goldoni’s comedies helped make contemporary speech and social observation central to Italian drama.Alessandro ManzoniNarrower topic: Manzoni’s novel became a landmark in the development of modern Italian prose.Giuseppe AdamiNarrower topic: Adami’s plays and librettos belong to this broader literary tradition.Luigi PirandelloNarrower topic: Pirandello’s career belongs to the modern transformation of Italian drama and fiction.Alberto MoraviaNarrower topic: Moravia’s novels belong to a national literary tradition transformed by modern politics and society.Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaNarrower topic: Lampedusa’s posthumous novel occupies a distinctive place in modern Italian fiction.Italo SvevoNarrower topic: Svevo’s rediscovery altered accounts of the modern novel in Italy.Salvatore QuasimodoNarrower topic: Quasimodo’s poetry belongs to the modern Italian literary tradition and its debates over form and history.Ugo FoscoloNarrower topic: His hybrid style helped connect classical Italian poetry with modern literary movements.Dolce Stil NovoNarrower topic: The movement helped establish vernacular lyric as a foundation of Italian literary prestige.Giosuè CarducciNarrower topic: Carducci’s poetry and criticism belong to a national tradition he helped renew.Grazia DeleddaNarrower topic: Deledda became an internationally recognized figure within this literary tradition.Matteo Maria BoiardoNarrower topic: Boiardo’s poem became a major link in the development of Italian narrative poetry.ScapigliaturaNarrower topic: Scapigliatura challenged the formal and moral conventions shaping contemporary Italian writing.Dino BuzzatiNarrower topic: Buzzati’s fiction belongs to a national tradition whose modern authors include Italo Calvino and Alberto Moravia.Ivan GundulićRelated: Italian pastoral, epic, and theatrical traditions influenced the forms Gundulić adapted.Manifesto of FuturismNarrower topic: The manifesto attacked Italy’s literary reverence for inherited classics.Paul HeyseRelated: Italian writing and culture influenced Heyse’s translations, travel, and narrative settings.
KnowraItalian literatureLinked fromLinked fromThe 31 pages that link to Italian literature, each with the reason it gives.All 31Related 2Narrower topic 27Compared with 2Dante AlighieriNarrower topic: Dante became a foundational figure for later Italian poets and writers.Geoffrey ChaucerNarrower topic: Chaucer encountered Italian works that shaped the plots and forms of his poetry.Divine ComedyNarrower topic: Dante’s poem helped establish the prestige and expressive range of literary Italian.Filippo Tommaso MarinettiNarrower topic: Marinetti’s experiments challenged established Italian literary conventions.Giovanni BoccaccioNarrower topic: Boccaccio helped establish vernacular Italian as a language for ambitious literary prose.Primo LeviNarrower topic: Levi’s distinctive prose and fiction form a major part of postwar Italian literature.Swiss literatureCompared with: Swiss Italian writing shares the language but has a distinct regional base and national setting.The DecameronNarrower topic: The Decameron helped establish prose fiction in the Italian vernacular.Italo CalvinoNarrower topic: Calvino became one of the most widely translated Italian authors of the twentieth century.Eugenio MontaleNarrower topic: Montale’s poetry reshaped the language and possibilities of twentieth-century Italian lyric.Giacomo LeopardiNarrower topic: Leopardi became a central nineteenth-century poet in this literary tradition.Giovanni VergaNarrower topic: Verga’s novels and stories helped reshape Italian fiction after national unification.Joachim du BellayCompared with: Italian models inspired du Bellay but also sharpened his ambition for French verse.Carlo GoldoniNarrower topic: Goldoni’s comedies helped make contemporary speech and social observation central to Italian drama.Alessandro ManzoniNarrower topic: Manzoni’s novel became a landmark in the development of modern Italian prose.Giuseppe AdamiNarrower topic: Adami’s plays and librettos belong to this broader literary tradition.Luigi PirandelloNarrower topic: Pirandello’s career belongs to the modern transformation of Italian drama and fiction.Alberto MoraviaNarrower topic: Moravia’s novels belong to a national literary tradition transformed by modern politics and society.Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaNarrower topic: Lampedusa’s posthumous novel occupies a distinctive place in modern Italian fiction.Italo SvevoNarrower topic: Svevo’s rediscovery altered accounts of the modern novel in Italy.Salvatore QuasimodoNarrower topic: Quasimodo’s poetry belongs to the modern Italian literary tradition and its debates over form and history.Ugo FoscoloNarrower topic: His hybrid style helped connect classical Italian poetry with modern literary movements.Dolce Stil NovoNarrower topic: The movement helped establish vernacular lyric as a foundation of Italian literary prestige.Giosuè CarducciNarrower topic: Carducci’s poetry and criticism belong to a national tradition he helped renew.Grazia DeleddaNarrower topic: Deledda became an internationally recognized figure within this literary tradition.Matteo Maria BoiardoNarrower topic: Boiardo’s poem became a major link in the development of Italian narrative poetry.ScapigliaturaNarrower topic: Scapigliatura challenged the formal and moral conventions shaping contemporary Italian writing.Dino BuzzatiNarrower topic: Buzzati’s fiction belongs to a national tradition whose modern authors include Italo Calvino and Alberto Moravia.Ivan GundulićRelated: Italian pastoral, epic, and theatrical traditions influenced the forms Gundulić adapted.Manifesto of FuturismNarrower topic: The manifesto attacked Italy’s literary reverence for inherited classics.Paul HeyseRelated: Italian writing and culture influenced Heyse’s translations, travel, and narrative settings.