
The Humour of Italy
Alice Werner(Author)
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Published on 12. November 2023
401 pages
978-3-98826-936-2 (ISBN)
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Excerpt: Italian humour, says Mr. J. A. Symonds, died with Ariosto; and, in the face of such a declaration, any attempt to bring together a collection of specimens, some of which at any rate belong to a more recent date, would seem to savour of presumption. Yet, even at the risk of differing from such a recognised authority on Italian literature, we venture to think that a good deal has been produced since the age of Ariosto which may legitimately be defined as humour, though, for various reasons presently to be detailed, there are peculiar difficulties connected with its presentation in a foreign tongue It may as well be said at once that the professed humorist, the writer who is comic and nothing else, or, at any rate, whose main scope is to be funny, is all but unknown in modern Italian literature. Strictly speaking, he is perhaps a Germanic rather than a Latin product. The jokes in Italian comic and other papers are not, as a rule, overpoweringly amusing; and if we do come across a book which sets itself forth as Umoristico, the chances are that it turns out to be very tragical mirth indeed. But in novels and tales, even in essays and descriptions, which have no specially humorous intention, you often come across passages of a pure and spontaneous humour, inimitable in its own kind.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Munchen
United States
File size
8,70 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-98826-936-2 (9783988269362)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
- Intro
- THE HUMOUR
- INTRODUCTION.
- THE POET COMPLAINS OF UNREASONABLE FRIENDS.
- CALANDRINO FINDS THE STONE HELIOTROPE.
- STORY OF DANTE AND THE SMITH.
- MESSER BERNABÒ AND THE MILLER.
- HOW SER NASTAGIO WAS COLLECTED FOR IN CHURCH.
- HOW A BARRISTER GOT HIS MONEY'S WORTH.
- THE MERRY JESTS OF BUFFALMACCO THE PAINTER.
- CHORUS FROM "LA MANDRAGOLA."
- FRA TIMOTEO'S MONOLOGUE. FRA TIMOTEO (alone).
- THE MEDIÆVAL UNDERGRADUATE.
- A ROMAN PRELATE OF 1519.
- THE VALLEY OF LOST LUMBER.
- THE POET TO HIS PATRON.
- BENVENUTO CELLINI OFFENDS THE POPE.
- HE RESCUES A FOOL FROM DROWNING.
- OPENING STANZAS OF "THE RAPE OF THE BUCKET."
- THE CALL TO ARMS.
- THE ASSEMBLY OF THE GODS.
- PRAISES OF THE WINE OF MONTEPULCIANO.
- FROM A LETTER TO PIER MARIA BALDI.
- PULCINELLA'S DUEL. COLBRAND AND PULCINELLA (both armed).
- A BERGAMASC PETER PEEBLES.
- HOW TO SUCCEED IN LITERATURE.
- A FABLE.
- KING TEODORO AND HIS CREDITORS. FROM THE COMIC OPERA, "IL RE TEODORO."
- THE POET PROMISES TO PAY HIS CREDITOR-WHEN HE HAS MONEY.
- DIDYMUS, THE CLERIC,[8] ON THE ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES.
- THE FIRST HOUR AND THE SUN.
- FASHION AND DEATH.
- THE POET ON TRAMP.
- LOVE AND A QUIET LIFE. FROM "L'AMOR PACIFICO."
- INSTRUCTIONS TO A YOUNG ASPIRANT FOR OFFICE.
- LETTER TO TOMMASO GROSSI.
- DON ABBONDIO AND THE BRAVOES. FROM "I PROMESSI SPOSI."
- THE INTERRUPTED WEDDING.
- OUR CHILDREN.
- STRAY THOUGHTS OF AN IDLER.
- MEN AND INSTRUMENTS.
- THE DELIGHTS OF JOURNALISM.
- WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK.
- THE FAMOUS TENOR, SPALLETTI.
- RIVAL EARTHQUAKES.
- QUACQUARÀ.
- THE EXCAVATIONS OF MASTRO ROCCO.
- THE WAR OF THE SAINTS.
- HIS REVERENCE.
- PADRON 'NTONI'S POLITICS.
- MASTRO PEPPE'S MAGIC.
- A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.
- THE THEOREM OF PYTHAGORAS.
- AN ECCENTRIC ORDERLY.
- A PROVINCIAL ORACLE.
- DOCTOR PHOBUS.
- OUR SCHOOL AND SCHOOLMISTRESS.
- LOCAL JEALOUSIES.
- SUNSHINE.
- WHEN IT RAINS.
- THE PATENT ADAPTABLE SONNET. FROM "IL SIGNOR LORENZO."
- LOVE BY PROXY.
- A WET NIGHT IN THE COUNTRY.
- A LOST EXPLORER. FROM THE COMEDY "CORVI" (CARRION CROWS).
- THE SPIRIT OF CONTRADICTION.
- TRUTH.
- PASQUIN.
- EPIGRAMS.
- PROVERBS, FOLK-LORE, AND TRADITIONAL ANECDOTES.
- THE OLD LADY AND THE DEVIL.
- THE SUITOR AND THE PICTURE.
- NEWSPAPER HUMOUR.
- Footnotes
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