On the Historical Novel Bermann Manzoni Paperback John Wiley & Sons

Name: On the Historical Novel Bermann Manzoni Paperback John Wiley & Sons
Brand: University of Nebraska Press

University of Nebraska Press

On the Historical NovelAuthor(s): Sandra Bermann, Alessandro Manzoni, Sandra Bermann\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9780803282261, 978-0803282261\nSynopsis\nAlessandro Manzoni was a giant of nineteenth-century European literature whose I promessi sposi (The Betrothed, 1928) is ranked with War and Peace as marking the summit of the historical novel. Manzoni wrote \""Del romanzo storico\"" (\""On the Historical Novel\"") during the twenty years he spent revising I promessi sposi. This first English translation of On the Historical Novel reflects the insights of a great craftsman and the misgivings of a profound thinker. It brings up to the nineteenth century the long war between poetry and history, tracing the idea of the historical novel from its origins in classical antiquity. It declares the historical noveland presumably I promessi sposi itselfdead as a genre. Or perhaps it justifies I promessi.