Chapter II: From Naturalism to 'Verismo'

Judith Davies

From The Realism of Luigi Capuana: Theory and Practice in the Development of Late Nineteenth-Century Italian Realism (1979), pp. 41-75, doi:10.59860/td.c7c1c3c

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Part of the book: The Realism of Luigi Capuana

Judith Davies

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Abstract.  1. The Impact of French Naturalism; 2. The Practice of Naturalism: Giacinta; 3. A Changed Allegiance: Verga v. Zola; 4. Capuana's "novelle rusticane'. Note cues in this chapter refer to endnotes in the end matter of the book.

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