Trilussa: Cento Favole

Title

en_US Trilussa: Cento Favole

en_US Piccola Biblioteca Oscar

Description

en_US Language note: Italian

en_US Trilussa

Creator

en_US Trilussa See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Wohlgemuth, Gulielmo

Date

2016-01-25T19:39:08Z

en_US 1997-07

en_US 2000

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:39:08Z

Date Issued

en_US 1995

Abstract

en_US This is a beautiful little paperback found in a break in the Renard Society's Congress in Turin. I have enjoyed Trilussa's fables before. A new favorite is quoted on the back cover, but appears and is illustrated on 159: a turtle happens to flip onto its back. Someone is urging it to get up, but the turtle resists, saying that for the first time he is seeing the stars. For me, the particular pleasure of this volume lies in Wohlgemuth's (woodcut, I suppose) illustrations for each of the fables. These seem without close inspection to be like old woodcuts. Look closer, and they contain elements of cartoons and of the bizarre. I think the style is very apt for Trilussa's political and satirical fables. Let me mention three favorite illustrations that give an impression of Wohlgemuth's strength and range: Er Leone Riconoscente (3); La Libbertà (6); and the cover picture of the horse towing the automobile (70). This would be a great book to have along sometime when I am learning more Italian!

Identifier

en_US 9788804408963

en_US 5633 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81153

Language

en_US ita

Publisher

en_US Oscar Mondadori

en_US Milan

Subject

en_US PQ4841.A46 C4 1995 See all items with this value

en_US Trilussa See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole