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Postmodern ethics : Sciascia's and Tabucchi's re-appropriation of committed writing 1975-2005 /
Postmodern Ethics offers a new perspective on debates surrounding the role of the intellectual in Italian society, and provides an original reading of two important Italian contemporary writers, Leonardo Sciascia and Antonio Tabucchi. It examines the ways in which the two writers use literature to e...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle, U.K. :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Postmodern Ethics offers a new perspective on debates surrounding the role of the intellectual in Italian society, and provides an original reading of two important Italian contemporary writers, Leonardo Sciascia and Antonio Tabucchi. It examines the ways in which the two writers use literature to engage with their socio-political environment in a climate informed by the doubts and scepticism of postmodernism, after traditional forms of impegno had been abandoned. Postmodern Ethics explores w ... |
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| Notas: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Warwick, 2005) presented under the title: The phoenix speaks: the reclamation of socio-political engagement in the works of Leonardo Sciascia and Antonio Tabucchi, 1975-2005. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 210 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443810777 1443810770 |