Papers by Cinzia DiGiulio
International Journal of the Humanities, 2006
In the cultural panorama of late 19th-century Italy, Edmondo De Amicis emerges as one of the writ... more In the cultural panorama of late 19th-century Italy, Edmondo De Amicis emerges as one of the writers who were most aware of the gravity of the Italian “social question” and who were most actively concerned with it. However, in the past few decades, some militant critics have attacked De Amicis’ writings – mainly the ones where the author becomes more involved with social issues. The essay focuses on a re-reading of some excerpts
from De Amicis’ Cuore (the monthly tales on emigration) in the light of Sull’oceano, the travel book he wrote after a trip to South America, during which the author discovered the dimension of Italian emigration abroad and converted to engaged literature.
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Papers by Cinzia DiGiulio
from De Amicis’ Cuore (the monthly tales on emigration) in the light of Sull’oceano, the travel book he wrote after a trip to South America, during which the author discovered the dimension of Italian emigration abroad and converted to engaged literature.
from De Amicis’ Cuore (the monthly tales on emigration) in the light of Sull’oceano, the travel book he wrote after a trip to South America, during which the author discovered the dimension of Italian emigration abroad and converted to engaged literature.