marcin
(Marcin)
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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