INTRODUCTION TO TWENTIETH-CENTURY ITALIAN LITERATURE: A DIFFICULT MODERNITY

"Twentieth-century Italy was marked by a profound and often convulsive transformation in both society and culture, accompanied at various stages by war, violence and dictatorship. Robert Gordon offers a vivid overview of the century's literature, charting a series of motifs of Italy's 'difficult modernity' - from war to the city, from language to geography, from marginal groups to avant-garde movements - through a wide array of writers and texts."--BOOK JACKET.