Italian Literature

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@ the U of C: Library Catalog or Lens

@ other libraries (WorldCat)

-- books & other materials in over 10,000 libraries worldwide
-- request delivery from non-U of C libraries via Interlibrary Loan (or check other options, e.g., visiting Northwestern)

@ Italian Libraries -- Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (SBN)
-- over 3000 libraries

@ Italian National Libraries

other options specific to Italy or more generally

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Italian Women Writers
-- texts by & information on authors from the 13th century to 1945

Letteratura italiana Zanichelli
-- CDROM of over 340 works from the 12th century to present Opera del Vocabolario Italiano (OVI)
-- 1849 texts written before 1375 OPAL libri antichi
-- over 2000 books from 1500-1700 Antologie della Lirica Italiana (OVI)
-- over 7000 poems published from 1500-1700

other options -- online & in print

Find definitions & explanations (a sample)

DISC: Dizionario Italiano Sabatini Colett (CDROM)

Il nuovo etimologico: DELI-dizionario etimologico della lingua italiana (CDROM)

Pocket Oxford-Hachette Italian Dictionary (English-Italian & Italian-English)

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory

other options...

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Modern Languages Association (MLA)
-- literature, languages, linguistics, folklore Articoli italiani di periodici accademici (AIDA)
-- European (focus on Italy) journals in the Humanities & Social Sciences) Italianistica nel mondo (ITALINEMO)
-- covers Italian literary & cultural studies International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ)
-- European journals, etc. in all fields (from 1983-present; print from 1896-present) Periodicals Index Online
-- humanities & social sciences from 1665-2000 FRANCIS
-- humanities & social sciences, strong in European publications (from 1984-present); print from 1947-present) other options...

Find articles from 18th-19th centuries

British Periodicals
-- 1690-1930 19th Century Index
-- American & British journals, newspapers, etc., from 1790-1919 19th Century Masterfile
-- American & British periodicals, 1802-1906

find more options in Early Periodical Indexes or the database finder

Find biographies (a sample)

Dictionary of Literary Biography

Contemporary Authors

World Biographical Information System

New Journal Articles

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