Dialect Poetry of Southern Italy (Italian Poetry in Translation Book 2)

Twentieth Century”^4 Of course this thesis

stems from precise and specific analysis, and

the two authors choose, among other critics,

Ettore Bonora who, for instance, shows the

link between Di Giacomo and the French

symbolists, in an essay rich with pointers

and suggestions.

This, however, should not unnerve either

Mengaldo or Brevini, who have neglected Di

Giacomo’s importance^6 ; the tradition of

dialect poetry in Naples is deeply rooted and

persistent, and even if we refused to accept

Alberto Consiglio’s thesis (“the first

vernacular poetry was Sicilian”), who found

the information in Del Dialetto napoletano by

Galiano and Meola^8 , or those put forth by

Mario Sansone^9 , there still remain the texts

of authors such as Velardiniello, Giulio

Cesare Cortese, Giambattista Basile, Filippo