biography
pronunciation:
[roosoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1892–1961)
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| biography:
| Literary critic, born in Delia, Sicily, S Italy. The founder of the review Belfagor, he was a leading exponent of historicism, and firmly believed that literature could not be separated from society. His work includes Giovanni Verga (1919), I narratori (1923), and La critica letteraria contemporanea (1942–3). |
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