2) Tozzi, Federigo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tozzi, Federigo, (fadareīgo totītse) (KEY) , 1883-1920, Italian novelist. He was a follower of Verga and D'Annunzio but, unlike D'Annunzio, became concerned with...

3) Mascagni, Pietro. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...He is known for his opera Cavalleria rusticana (1890), based on the tale by Giovanni Verga; it is a classic example of the style of realism known as verismo. His...

4) Italian literature. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...prose roots are in Sicilian verismo, the impersonal, objective regionalism of Fiovanni Verga's works. 13Major 20th-century novelists of note include Italo Svevo,...