Home›Italian Literature›Form Mostly Written›PoemBrowse ByPoemFactsPoemSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1100 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedItalian 1PoemFilter Results12 entriesGenreAllDrama (2)Epic (2)Frame Tale Collection (1)Lyric Poetry (2)Memoir (1)Nonfiction Prose (2)Poetry (2)Short Fiction (1)The Novel (3)Original LanguageAllEnglish (1)French (3)German (1)Italian (11)Latin (4)Spanish (1)NationalityAllItaly (12)Active EraAll1265 to 1321 (1)1304 to 1374 (1)1313 to 1375 (1)1474 to 1533 (1)1785 to 1873 (1)1798 to 1837 (1)1867 to 1936 (1)1876 to 1944 (1)1908 to 1950 (1)1916 to 2000 (1)1919 to 1987 (1)1922 to 1975 (1)MovementAllDolce Stil Novo (1)Futurism (1)Italian Neorealism (Literature) (1)Romanticism (2)Influenced ByAllVirgil (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 12Alessandro ManzoniPoemCesare PavesePoemDante AlighieriPoemFilippo Tommaso MarinettiPoemGiacomo LeopardiPoemGiorgio BassaniPoemGiovanni BoccaccioPoemLudovico AriostoPoemLuigi PirandelloPoemPetrarchPoemPier Paolo PasoliniPoemPrimo LeviPoemSources1. Italian Literature (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaItalian literature, lead sectionQuote, Italian literature, lead sectionItalian literature began in the 12th century, when in different regions of the peninsula the Italian vernacular started to be used in a literary manner.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.