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

exclusively on the trunk of the Roman

dialect, but he opens a fresh new chapter,

with which he contributes to the

development of Italian poetry. This is an era

dominated by the teaching of Giosuè

Carducci, a necessary point of reference. The

seething spirit of the Risorgimento is still

burning and vigilant, and everything

extolling heroism, patriotic virtues and

similar subjects is enthusiastically accepted.

Dialect poets do not want to lag behind and

feel oldfashioned with their discourses that

bring to life town sketches, that endlessly

portray the oleography of the village, so they

adapt to the themes advanced by Italian

poetry and of course look to the bard of the

Terza Italia. In the first place Cesare

Pascarella who, even though he remains in

the atmosphere and spirit of Trastevere, is

able nevertheless to break away from that