Grammatica Italiana per le scuole italiane all'estero; illustrazioni di testi [Italian Grammar [illustrated, {fascist} Year XV]: for Italian schools abroad]. Roma: Direzione Generale Italiani all'estero, 1937 - XV.

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Grammatica Italiana per le scuole italiane all'estero; illustrazioni di testi [Italian Grammar [illustrated, {fascist} Year XV]: for Italian schools abroad]. Roma: Direzione Generale Italiani all'estero, 1937 - XV.

Description

This is a good example of a textbook developed as part of the effort by the fascist government to encourage Italian language acquisition by Italians fuori Italia, outside of Italy: note the government publisher, as well as "Anno [year] XV" of the fascist regime emblazoned proudly on the cover, while only the title page prints the year 1937 as well as fascist year XV. 

The textbook is quite elegant in its own way, beginning with the gentle observation that of all the animals, most of which bark or meow, "solamente l'uomo possiede la preziosa facoltà di esprimere i suoi pensieri per mezzo della parola [only man possesses the precious faculty of expressing his thoughts by means of the word]." One wonders if this was the best approach for emigrants from Italy to the American "colony" to learn the mother tongue. The work is notably not crammed with text, but with an almost lavish use of drawings taking up a significant fraction of the page. Printed in Lecco.

Creator

Dante Giromini

Publisher

Direzione Generale Italiani all'estero

Date

1937 - XV

Format

24 x 18.5cm; 169 p.

Language

Italian

Citation

Dante Giromini, “Grammatica Italiana per le scuole italiane all'estero; illustrazioni di testi [Italian Grammar [illustrated, {fascist} Year XV]: for Italian schools abroad]. Roma: Direzione Generale Italiani all'estero, 1937 - XV.,” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed March 28, 2024, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/346.

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