Literary EncyclopediaThis link opens in a new windowCovers world literature. Includes biographies of major and minor writers, scholarly descriptions of texts written by these authors, and a variety of descriptive and critical essays on literary, cultural and historical matters to provide an understanding of the social contexts in which this writing was produced.
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The Cambridge companion to the Italian novelThe Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel provides a broad-ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the Italian novel from its early modern origin to the contemporary era.
The Dante Encyclopedia by Richard Lansing (Editor)This reference work presents a systematic introduction to Dante's life and works and the cultural context in which his moral and intellectual imagination took shape. It summarizes theories for readers who seek basic but detailed information.
Open Edition BooksOpenEdition Books est une plateforme de livres en sciences humaines et sociales. Plus de la moitié d'entre eux est en libre accès. Des services complémentaires sont proposés via les bibliothèques et institutions abonnées.
IBS.it Ebooks (temporary access)Su IBS una ricca selezione di libri in formato eBook scaricabili gratuitamente e da leggere online gratis su PC, smartphone e sul tuo eReader.
Dante OnlineSearch for Dante manuscripts, works, and resources.
American Dante BibliographyThe bibliographies include all publications relating to Dante (books, articles, translations, reviews) written by North American writers or published in North America for the calendar year, as well as reviews of books from elsewhere published in the United States and Canada.
PressReaderThis link opens in a new windowAlso known as: |PressDisplay||Library PressDisplay||Press Reader| Press| Provides access to the daily editions of national and international newspapers and magazines.
Italian CultureOfficial publication of the American Association for Italian Studies. Its interdisciplinary scope offers scholarly articles in Italian language, linguistics, history, literature, cinema, politics, philosophy, folklore, popular culture, migration, and the influence of Italy on other cultures. It also includes articles on comparative literature and cultural studies.
Romance NotesA journal that accepts articles on any literary, cultural, or linguistic topic dealing with Romance studies.
Thesaurus - Nuovo Soggetario della Biblioteca nazionale centrale di FirenzeNuovo soggettario, edited by the National Central Library of Florence (Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze), is a subject indexing tool for various types of information resources. It has been developed in compliance with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) recommendations and other international standards in the field of subject indexing. This tool has been created for general and specialized Italian libraries, especially those participating in the National Library Service (SBN), and for museums, multimedia libraries, archives and documentation centres. The Nuovo soggettario system has been used by the Italian National Bibliography (Bibliografia Nazionale Italiana, BNI) since 2007, and is in continual evolution.
Italian national union catalog (SBN)the national union catalog containing over 18.5 million bibliographic notices. The network SBN includes 6,535 libraries and 103 library hubs.
Manus Onlinethe catalog of manuscripts with almost 300,000 records, 40,815 images and over 300,000 names related to manuscripts.
EDIT16 - Edizioni italiane del XVI SecoloThe national census of sixteenth-century Italian editions aims at surveying the Italian printed production of the sixteenth century. The database describes editions printed between 1501 and 1600 in Italy, in any language, and abroad in the Italian language.
Aggregatore digitale e SBNTecacontaining over 17 million digital objects digitized by 280 libraries participating to the project Internet Culturale
AlphabeticaEsplora il patrimonio delle bibliothche italiane
Internet Culturalecataloghi e collezioni digitali delle biblioteche italiane
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The Cambridge companion to the Italian novel
The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel provides a broad-ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the Italian novel from its early modern origin to the contemporary era.
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The Dante Encyclopedia by
This reference work presents a systematic introduction to Dante's life and works and the cultural context in which his moral and intellectual imagination took shape. It summarizes theories for readers who seek basic but detailed information.
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