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Excerpt: "Italian humour, says Mr. J. A. Symonds, died with Ariosto; and, in the face of such a declaration, any attempt to bring together a collection of specimens, some of which at any rate belong to a more recent date, would seem to savour of presumption. Yet, even at the risk of differing from such a recognised authority on Italian literature, we venture to think that a good deal has been produced since the age of Ariosto which may legitimately be defined as humour, though, for various reasons presently to be detailed, there are peculiar difficulties connected with its presentation in a foreign tongue It may as well be said at once that the professed humorist, the writer who is comic and nothing else, or, at any rate, whose main scope is to be funny, is all but unknown in modern Italian literature. Strictly speaking, he is perhaps a Germanic rather than a Latin product. The jokes in Italian comic and other papers are not, as a rule, overpoweringly amusing; and if we do come across a book which sets itself forth as Umoristico, the chances are that it turns out to be very tragical mirth indeed. But in novels and tales, even in essays and descriptions, which have no specially humorous intention, you often come across passages of a pure and spontaneous humour, inimitable in its own kind."
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GenreLiterary Classics, Humor
Length10 hrs 45 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 20, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION.
2THE POET COMPLAINS OF UNREASONABLE FRIENDS.
3CALANDRINO FINDS THE STONE HELIOTROPE.
4STORY OF DANTE AND THE SMITH.
5MESSER BERNABÒ AND THE MILLER.
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6HOW SER NASTAGIO WAS COLLECTED FOR IN CHURCH.
7HOW A BARRISTER GOT HIS MONEY’S WORTH.
8THE MERRY JESTS OF BUFFALMACCO THE PAINTER.
9CHORUS FROM “LA MANDRAGOLA.”
10FRA TIMOTEO’S MONOLOGUE. FRA TIMOTEO (alone).
11THE MEDIÆVAL UNDERGRADUATE.
12A ROMAN PRELATE OF 1519.
13THE VALLEY OF LOST LUMBER.
14THE POET TO HIS PATRON.
15BENVENUTO CELLINI OFFENDS THE POPE.
16HE RESCUES A FOOL FROM DROWNING.
17OPENING STANZAS OF “THE RAPE OF THE BUCKET.”
18THE CALL TO ARMS.
19THE ASSEMBLY OF THE GODS.
20PRAISES OF THE WINE OF MONTEPULCIANO.
21FROM A LETTER TO PIER MARIA BALDI.
22PULCINELLA’S DUEL. COLBRAND AND PULCINELLA (both armed).
23A BERGAMASC PETER PEEBLES.
24HOW TO SUCCEED IN LITERATURE.
25A FABLE.
26KING TEODORO AND HIS CREDITORS. FROM THE COMIC OPERA, “IL RE TEODORO.”
27THE POET PROMISES TO PAY HIS CREDITOR—WHEN HE HAS MONEY.
28DIDYMUS, THE CLERIC,[8] ON THE ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES.
29THE FIRST HOUR AND THE SUN.
30FASHION AND DEATH.
31THE POET ON TRAMP.
32LOVE AND A QUIET LIFE. FROM “L’AMOR PACIFICO.”
33INSTRUCTIONS TO A YOUNG ASPIRANT FOR OFFICE.
34LETTER TO TOMMASO GROSSI.
35DON ABBONDIO AND THE BRAVOES. FROM “I PROMESSI SPOSI.”
36THE INTERRUPTED WEDDING.
37OUR CHILDREN.
38STRAY THOUGHTS OF AN IDLER.
39MEN AND INSTRUMENTS.
40THE DELIGHTS OF JOURNALISM.
41WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK.
42THE FAMOUS TENOR, SPALLETTI.
43RIVAL EARTHQUAKES.
44QUACQUARÀ.
45THE EXCAVATIONS OF MASTRO ROCCO.
46THE WAR OF THE SAINTS.
47HIS REVERENCE.
48PADRON ’NTONI’S POLITICS.
49MASTRO PEPPE’S MAGIC.
50A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.
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