Italo Calvino /

This first study in English of the complete writings of Italo Calvino (1923-85) offers new interpretations of Calvino's main works, taking into account some important unpublished material, and analyses Calvino's intertextual links with major writers of world literature (Conrad, Stevenson,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McLaughlin, M. L. (Martin L.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1998.
Colección:Writers of Italy.
Temas:
Calvino, Italo > Criticism and interpretation.
Calvino, Italo, > 1923-1985 > Critique et interprétation.
Calvino, Italo
Calvino, Italo.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Italian.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter The Apprentice Artisan: The Early Short Stories
  • Chapter 2 A Small-scale Epic: The Path to the Spiders' Nests
  • Chapter 3 From Neorealism to Fantasy: Our Ancestors
  • Chapter 4 (Re)Writing Realism: A Plunge into Real Estate
  • Chapter 5 Calvina's Thematics: Sex, Texts and the Secret Watermark of the Universe
  • Chapter 6 Experimental Space: The Cosmicomic Stories
  • Chapter 7 Experimental Signs: Invisible Cities and The Castle of Crossed Destinies
  • Chapter 8 A Borgesian Summa: lf on a Winter's Night a Traveller
  • Chapter 9 Words and Silence: The Strange Genesis of Mr Palomar
  • Chapter 10 Calvina's Style: Abstract Aspirations for the Next Millennium
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix Chronology of Calvina's Fictions
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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