Verismo (literature)
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Verismo was an Italian literary movement which peaked between approximately 1875 and the early 1900s. Sicilian writers Giovanni Verga, Luigi Capuana and Federico De Roberto were its main exponents. Ca
Illustration for the Treves edition of Giovanni Vergas's Vita dei campi, Milan, 1897
Luigi Capuana, one of the main exponents of verismo in literature, and the author of the novel Giacinta, generally regarded as the "manifesto" of the movement.
Giuseppe Giacosa
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Giuseppe Giacosa was an Italian poet, playwright and librettist. Regarded at the turn of the 20th century as one of Italy's leading playwrights, Giacosa is remembered chiefly for his association with
Portrait of Giuseppe Giacosa by Leopoldo Metlicovitz
