Download or read book Primer of Italian Literature (Classic Reprint) written by F. J. Snell and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Primer of Italian Literature In introducing this work it is scarcely necessary to do more than specify one or two of the sources from which information has been gleaned. Such are the lectures of Paolo Emiliani-Giudici, which I have found interesting and instructive, though very discursive; and there is an exquisite little work (one of Hoepli's manuals) by Cesare Fenini, which gives an admirable resume of the whole subject. Somewhat more practical is Raffaello Fornaciari's Disegno storico della Letteratura italiana. The generous help and kindly criticism of Mr. F. York Powell call also for grateful acknowledgement. This Primer does not profess to present a complete account of Italian Literature, and it would be idle to expect unanimous approval of the names inserted or of those which have been left out. This is, however, only an elementary work, and it will be easy to supply inevitable deficiencies from more ambitious volumes. The book will have fulfilled its object, if it prove serviceable to those for whom it is primarily designed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."