Author: Griffith, T. Gwynfor.
Title: Italian Writers and the "Italian" Language.
Description: Hull, U.K.: University of Hull Publications, 1967. 1967. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The binding is bumped and lightly soiled & foxed with the spine & extremities darkened and with light creases to the top & bottom edges of the front cover. 29 pages. There is some light creasing to the pages. Good.

The inaugural lecture delivered by the first professor of Italian at Hull University. Griffith notes the remarkable fact that so much of Italian literature has been written by authors who spoke Italian dialects very different from the Italian that they labored to write.

Some of the footnotes are in Italian or French. Good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; ITALIAN LITERATURE; LINGUISTICS; ITALIAN DIALECTS; ITALIAN AUTHORS AND THE "ITALIAN" LANGUAGE; T. GWYNFOR GRIFFITH; UNIVERSITY OF HULL LECTURE.

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