The Realism of Luigi Capuana : Theory and Practice in the Development of Late Nineteenth-Century Italian Realism

Abstract

Despite a remote rural birth, in a small Sicilian town still not easily accessible, Capuana was to become a figure truly representative of Italian culture in the second half of the nineteenth century. He observed Garibaldi's progress in Sicily, composing a heroic verse drama in honour of it, and then moved to Florence, Italy's new capital, after Unification. This book, originally published in paperback in 1979 under the ISBN 978-0-900547-58-4, was made Open Access in 2024 as part of the MHRA Revivals programme.