Italian Modernism

"This study is the first attempt in English to provide a comprehensive examination of Italian literary modernism. The volume documents how the previous critical categories employed to account for the literary, artistic, and cultural experiences of the period have provided only partial and inadequate descriptions, and have prevented a fuller understanding of the complexities and the interrelations among the cultural phenomena of the time. Italian Modernism will be of interest not only to Italianists but to specialists in a variety of fields, including comparative literature, fine arts, and cultural studies."--Jacket.