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La bella Lingua : my love affair with Italian, the world's most enchanting language / Dianne Hales.

Becoming Italian (portion title)

Summary:

Follows the author's quest to learn Italian over twenty-five years and her study of the ties between the language and Italy's culture, literature, history, and food.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780767927697
  • ISBN: 0767927699
  • ISBN: 9780767927703
  • ISBN: 0767927702
  • Physical Description: 301 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-301).
Formatted Contents Note:
My Italian brain and how it grew -- Confessions of an Innamorata -- The unlikely rise of a vulgar tongue -- To Hell and back with Dante Alighieri -- Italian's literary lions -- The baking of a masterpiece -- How Italian civilized the West -- La storia dell'Arte -- On golden wings -- Eating Italian -- So many ways to say "I love you" -- Marcello and me -- Irreverent Italian -- Mother tongue.
Subject: Italian language > Social aspects.
Language and culture > Italy.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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