Conclusion
Judith Davies
From The Realism of Luigi Capuana: Theory and Practice in the Development of Late Nineteenth-Century Italian Realism (1979), pp. 148-56, doi:10.59860/td.c27528c
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| Part of the book: The Realism of Luigi Capuana Judith Davies MHRA Texts and Dissertations 13 Modern Humanities Research Association Abstract. The years between 1900 and 1915 saw no slackening of Capuana's creative rhythms. Aside from narrative for children, the period produced sixteen volumes of short stories. The stories cover the whole range of Capuana's interests: there are science fiction works, regional 'bozzetti', psychological studies in obsession, stories containing instances of telepathy or suggestion, conversational drawing-room pieces and the outpourings of unrequited passion. But for all the diffuseness of his talent, its lack of a firm nucleus of inspiration, his stories were proof of a remarkable intellectual vitality. Note cues in this conclusion refer to endnotes in the end matter of the book. Full text. This contribution is published as Open Access and can be downloaded as a PDF, or viewed as a PDF in your web browser, here: |
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