SOURCE: “The Uses and Ends of Discourse in I promessi sposi: Manzoni's Narrator, His Characters, and Their Author,” in MLN, Vol. 101, No. 1, January, 1986, pp. 51-77.
In the following essay, Lucente asserts that Manzoni's use of language in I promessi sposi is central to an understanding of the novel's theme and structure.
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