Experimental fictions
Subtitle: from Emile Zola's naturalism to Giovanni Verga's verism
By: Tullio Pagano.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses; Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Madison; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Naturalism in literature.; Realism in literature.; Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.; Literature, Experimental.
Description: This volume provides the first comprehensive comparative study of two major representatives of naturalism: Emile Zola and the Italian "verist" novelist, Giovanni Verga. The development of Verga's narrative, from the early romantic novels to his mature verist fiction, is to be understood in connection with French Naturalism, and Zola in particular.

The author thus challenges the canonical interpretation of Verga's fiction (dominant among Italian critics) which sees it in antithetical opposition to Zola's.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-184) and index.