The study is a broad historical overview of Italian literature, beginning with the medieval period, moving through folk songs, to a concluding chapter on the nineteenth century: Manzoni
and Modern Romanticism.
Clerke, Ellen Mary. Fable and Song in Italy. Grant Richards, 1899.
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7 March 1785: Novelist Alessandro Manzoni was born in Milan,...
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7 March 1785
Novelist Alessandro Manzoni
was born in Milan, Italy.
Wall, Bernard. Alessandro Manzoni. Yale University Press, 1954.
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“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.
1825-27: Alessandro Manzoni published I promessi sposi...
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1825-27
Alessandro Manzoni
published I promessi sposi (the early Italian novel known in English as The Betrothed).
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
22 May 1873: Alessandro Manzoni, Italian novelist, died...
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22 May 1873
Alessandro Manzoni
, Italian novelist, died at eighty-eight years old.
Wall, Bernard. Alessandro Manzoni. Yale University Press, 1954.
