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Elzeviro as an inseparable part of the Corriere della Sera
Švarcová, Magdaléna ; Špaček, Jiří (referee) ; Štichauer, Pavel (advisor)
Elzeviro is a unique Italian genre, not easily classifiable for its particular position in between journalism and literature. For more than one hundred years, elzeviro has made its appearance on the Terza pagina (the "Third page"), the culture page, and another typically Italian phenomenon. The "Third page" with its elzeviro was once an inseparable part of all major Italian newspapers. In the past century, elzeviro saw its boom and full bloom in the twenties and in the thirties mostly due to a number of famous Italian authors who regularly contributed with their elzeviroes to this culture page. Among all, let's mention Emilio Cecchi, according to some critics the best elzevirist ever. After the WWII, mainly in the sixties and in the seventies, elzeviro starts to loose a considerable number of readers; the variety of topics discussed within elzeviro gets rapidly thinner till it reduces itself only to literature. In these days, the Terza pagina and elzeviro are still comprised within the culture section of the Corriere della Sera, the most widespread Italian newspaper. The modern elzeviro deals exclusively with literature. It is difficult to find an adequate definition for elzeviro. Originally, the topics were not restricted only to literature; they were of a much vaster variety ranging from history,...
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