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Il cielo sopra a Roma: I luoghi dell'astronomia (I blu) (Italian Edition)
Springer 2007; US$ 23.99L?astronomia a Roma c?è sempre stata, ma un po? nascosta: era nei palazzi, nelle chiese o, meglio, sopra le chiese, specole disseminate lungo un percorso che oramai conoscono in pochi. I romani hanno assistito, incuriositi ed impauriti, al rogo di Giordano Bruno in un angolo di Campo de' Fiori a loro familiare, ma probabilmente non capirono bene di... more...
Petrarch in Romantic England
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 100.00The Petrarchan revival in Romantic England was a unique phenomenon which involved an impressive number of scholars, translators and poets. This book analyses the way Petrarch was read and re-written by Romantic figures. The result is a history of the Romantic-era sonnet and a new lens for understanding English Romantic poetry. more...
Urania
University of Chicago Press 2007; US$ 25.00Presented for the first time in a critical English edition, Urania: A Romance provides modern readers with a rare glimpse into the novel and novella forms at a time when narrative genres were not only being invented but, in the hands of women like Giulia Bigolina (1518?-1569?), used as vehicles for literary experimentation. The first known prose... more...
The Syntax of Italian Dialects
Oxford University Press, USA 2003; US$ 59.99This volume collects original theoretical work on the syntax and morphology of Italian and a wide range of Italian dialects. It contains contributions by such leading figures as Cecilia Poletto, Guglielmo Cinque, and Richard Kayne, and examines topics such as the syntax of "ne", the internal structure of personal pronouns, the syntax/morphology... more...
Vietato non toccare (I blu / L'occhio e la lente) (Italian Edition)
Springer 2009; US$ 23.99Grazie a uno stile di scrittura agile e veloce, a una ricca serie di esempi - con la descrizione di opere d'arte e performance sempre sorprendenti, bizzarre, vigorose ? e a un ricco apparato iconografico questo libro vuole essere un primo e inedito tentativo di creare un ideale filo di congiunzione, ove possibile, tra esperienze diverse dell'arte nei... more...
Sentire e pensare
Springer 2009; US$ 39.99Pensieri e sentimenti sono spesso stati considerati, studiati separatamente. Ricerche recenti, in ambito psicologico, neuroscientifico sottolineano l?unitarietà, la reciproca influenza dei processi cognitivi ed emotivi, lo stretto rapporto fra natura e cultura. La vita psichica, sin dalle sue origini, dalle sue prime esperienze relazionali si sviluppa... more...
The Higher Functional Field
Oxford University Press, USA 2000; US$ 74.99This work investigates the syntax of the higher portion of the functional structure of the clause using comparative data from hundreds of Northern Italian dialects. The area contains dialects that are different in most ways yet homogenous syntactically, making it ideal for this type of analysis. more...
The Phonology of Italian
Oxford University Press, UK 2009; US$ 129.99This book provides an overview of the phonology of Italian. It covers the different levels of analysis from individual sounds up to the phrasal level. It focuses on the most widely dispersed features of the language reflecting its significant regional and social variation and its most prominent regionally restricted patterns. - ;This book provides... more...
Perfect Phrases in Italian for Confident Travel
McGraw-Hill Education 2009; US$ 9.95More than your average phrasebook, this portable title shows you how to be a well-mannered visitor and speak the local language in the correct context Any phrasebook can give you a line listing of essential phrases. But if you use a phrase or term without knowing the correct way to use it, you can find yourself in an embarrassing situation. ... more...
Nomi e volti della paura nelle valli dell'Adda e della Mera
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 168.00This study is a vast review in time and space of the transitory trace of onomasiologic fragmentation of linguistic interdiction, of all those reality and sensations which come under the prohibition of being pronounced with their true name, because they are not to be called into question, and consequently, they are rendered present. Taking the clue... more...









