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Verismo (meaning "realism", from Italian vero, meaning "truth") was an Italian literary movement born approximately between 1875 and 1895. It was mainly inspired by French naturalism. Giovanni Verga and Luigi Capuana were its main exponents and the writers of a verismo manifesto. Unlike French naturalism, which was based on positivistic ideals, Verga and Capuana rejected claims of the scientific nature and social usefulness of the movement. Italian verists were pessimistic, and based their work...
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