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Imprese

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Im`prese´
n.1.A device. See Impresa.
An imprese, as the Italians call it, is a device in picture with his motto or word, borne by noble or learned personages.
- Camden.


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Adler osserva in Dinadano la compresenza di due tipologie del personaggio romanzesco: quella dell'enfant, il cavaliere giovane e inesperto, e quella del beau couard, il guerriero codardo, che giunge ad affrontare imprese coraggiose attraverso un processo di iniziazione.
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