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Is this acceptable by /lit/ standards?I'm trying to do some preparatory reading for an Italian studies course that starts in a week. With that in mind, is this (modern English translation) worth it or a waste of time?
I've been flipping through selections of Petrarch's "Canonziere" and I managed to burn through Dante's Inferno, is there any other authors/poets I should be examining?
Grazie.
Also, general Italian literature discussion thread.
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>>9959652
Here's one OP. Called Italy's greatest novel.
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>>9959652
ludovico ariosto's orlando furioso
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Thoughts on Goldoni, Leopardi, or Calvino? Talk to me, guidos. Capiche?
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>>9960207
io sto imparando l'italiano my man, asked about italian /lit/ and people recommended calvino, they said he has a very 'transparent' and contemporary writing, opposed to some other italian writers that use very archaic language. I'd suggest le cosmicomiche, calvino's short stories.
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>>9960207
>Goldoni
I've never read him
>Leopardi
A genius. His philosophy is also interesting.
>Calvino
Great writer. I recommend reading the nonexistent knight, invisible cities and if on a winter's night a traveler
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>>9959834
It's true though that most of the wonder in The Bethroted is lost with the translation, since Manzoni writes in a very unique way that can only exist in Italian
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>>9959652
Decameron's totally worth it. My favorite old Italian classic however is not yet registered- Castiglione's Book of the Courtier. I was amazed at how good it was.
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