1st Edition

Fragments of Impegno Interpretations of Commitment in Contemporary Italian Narrative 1980-2000

By Jennifer Burns Copyright 2002
212 Pages
by Routledge

With the "Tangentopoli" corruption scandals of the early 1990s, Italy is purported recently to have experienced a period of political change comparable to the period immediately following World War II. This latter being the socio-political environment in which the concept of "impegno" - political commitment - in literature became current, this work asks whether an equivalent moment of... Read more
Foreword, Introduction, PART I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Jennifer Burns