Foreign Language Study : Italian

Introducing Italian culture and people through the medium of the language used, this text provides readers with the basic tools to express themselves in a variety of situations. Presenting twenty-three individual grammar points, this workbook is a reference grammar with related exercises. more...

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Colloquial Italian is easy to use with great instruction. Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Italian. more...

Price: $19.95

Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy has, despite its enormous popularity and importance, often stymied readers with its multitudinous characters, references, and themes. But until the publication in 2007 of Guy Raffa’s guide to the Inferno, students lacked a suitable resource to help them navigate Dante’s underworld. With this new guide to the entire Divine Comedy, Raffa provides readers—experts in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Dante neophytes, and everyone in between—with a map of the entire poem, from the lowest circle of Hell to the highest sphere of Paradise.Based on Raffa’s original research and his many years of teaching the poem to undergraduates, The Complete Danteworlds charts a simultaneously geographical and textual journey, canto by canto, region by region, adhering closely to the path taken by Dante himself through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. This invaluable reference also features study questions, illustrations of the realms, and regional summaries. Interpreting Dante’s poem and his sources, Raffa fashions detailed entries on each character encountered as well as on many significant historical, religious, and cultural allusions. more...

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You're no idiot, of course. You know that Spaghettios aren't real Italian food, realize that America was discovered by an Italian, and even recognize Michelangelo's famous works of art. But when it comes to actually hunkering down and learning the Italian language, you feel all tongue-tied. Don't zip your lip just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Italian will start you on your way to speaking Italian like a Roman - all in a fun, easy-to-use format. Feel confident about conversing with native speakers, whether you're planning a vacation, preparing for a business trip, or acting on a long-held dream to be able to communicate in la bella lingua. more...

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The first comprehensive study of Dante's evolving, transformative relationship to medieval ideas of authorship and authority. more...

Price: $79.00