The many voices of contemporary Piedmontese writers /
What do Cesare Pavese, Beppe Fenoglio and Primo Levi have in common? Apart from their obvious Piedmontese origins, they and other writers coming from this Italian region share a certain tendency towards multilingualism, which is a characteristic that has not been comprehensively investigated over th...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2016.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | What do Cesare Pavese, Beppe Fenoglio and Primo Levi have in common? Apart from their obvious Piedmontese origins, they and other writers coming from this Italian region share a certain tendency towards multilingualism, which is a characteristic that has not been comprehensively investigated over the years. This study presents a linguistic analysis of a group of modern and contemporary narratives written by Piedmontese authors. The novels and short stories here examined are notable for the intriguing way in which they move between a variety of idioms - Standard Italian, regional vernaculars, E. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xi, 212 pages) : map |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781443858427 1443858420 |