World Literature and Its Times: Italian Literature and Its Times

World Literature and Its Times helps students and researchers make connections between the political/social climate during which books were written and the works themselves. Each volume focuses on major fiction, poetry and nonfiction from a particular country or region, presenting approximately 50 works in detailed essays running approximately 10 pages. The new Vol. 7: Italian Literature of this celebrated series covers ''Adonis'' by Giovanbattista Marino, ''Canzoniere'' by Petrarch, ''The Divine Comedy'' by Dante Alighieri, ''The Duel'' by Casanova, ''Jerusalem Delivered'' by Torquato Tasso, ''Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi, ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' by Marco Polo, ''The Prince'' by Machiavelli and more. Future volumes will cover classical literature and the literatures of Russian and additional European nations.Joyce Moss is the author of 'World Literature and Its Times: Italian Literature and Its Times', published 2005 under ISBN 9780787637255 and ISBN 0787637254.