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Giovanni Verga


Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) writer. Catanese.

One of the greatest European novelists and the biggest I've had Italy, after Manzoni. In a sparse prose, tight, incisive portrayed the reality of life with extraordinary evidence. At twenty-one he wrote

 "The Carbonari of the mountain" in the historical period of the motions for the Italian unit.

In contact with the literary world and gallant he published "A Sinner" and the popular "History of a blackcap '.

Then "Eve," "real tiger", "Eros": all with elements of frivolity, coquetry, sensuality, jealousy, caprice, adventure.

And then "Nedda," "The husband of Helen," "Life of the fields," "Novelle rusticane", etc. So the two masterpieces "I Malavoglia" and "Maestro Don Gesualdo".

In the work of Verga people of the fields of marine and act in the animated family affections. The famous novel "The cavalry rusticana".

He deserved honors in his eightieth year.

The greatest exponent of verismo.

At the late stage dramatic belong novels: "A sinful" - "Eve" - ​​"Story of a Blackcap" - "Eros."

The turning veristic starts with Sicilian setting of "Nedda" and continued with "Fields of Life."

With the novel I Malavoglia begins the cycle of the vanquished.

2nd novel Mastro Don Gesualdo.

And 'This is the core of the great narrative Verga.

A remake of the Sicilian conduct world with "impersonality" and together with deep pity for the historical destiny of the poor, expressed in a sober and intense writing a "spoken" which introduces into the language and the rhythms of the Sicilian dialect. Other works: The Novels - Along the streets - Arce.

The dramas: Cavalleria Rusticana - In Concierge - From your mine.


Giovanni Verga




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