Toronto Italian Studies- Under the Radiant Sun and the Crescent Moon Italo Calvino's Storytelling
Afbeeldingen
Sla de afbeeldingen overArtikel vergelijken
- Engels
- Hardcover
- 9780802047243
- 01 juli 2000
- 224 pagina's
Samenvatting
Understanding Italo Calvino’s love of storytelling is pivotal to understanding the cultural and literary matrix of his lush fictional universe. A rich and vibrant critical portrait of Calvino’s work.
Although Italo Calvino (1923-1985) is one of the most widely read and translated Italian novelists of the century, a comprehensive analytical work in English of his writings has been unavailable until now. In this new study Angela Jeannet offers a rich and vibrant critical portrait that integrates Calvino the creative writer with Calvino the critical thinker, two roles that the novelist himself saw as intimately connected. "Under the Radiant Sun and the Crescent Moon" examines the cultural and literary matrix of Calvino's complex fictional universe, focusing on his passion for storytelling and the various stages in the evolution of his work. Calvino lived in a culture undergoing profound transformations. Jeannet traces the important creative influences and events in his life and their significance for his writing, from his cultivated bourgeois upbringing and reading of the Modernists to his confrontation with post-war industrialism, the consumer culture of the 1960s, and beyond.
Throughout the study Jeannet brings to light Calvino's views on the function of storytelling in literature and society and his strong connections to the Italian poetic tradition. She also explores aspects of Calvino's work that deserve more attention, including the critically neglected Marcovaldo stories and the metaphorical role of the feminine in his fictional world.
Productspecificaties
Inhoud
- Taal
- en
- Bindwijze
- Hardcover
- Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
- 01 juli 2000
- Aantal pagina's
- 224
- Illustraties
- Nee
Betrokkenen
- Hoofdauteur
- Angela M. Jeannet
- Tweede Auteur
- Angela M. Jeannet
- Hoofduitgeverij
- University Of Toronto Press
Overige kenmerken
- Extra groot lettertype
- Nee
- Product breedte
- 160 mm
- Product hoogte
- 21 mm
- Product lengte
- 235 mm
- Studieboek
- Ja
- Verpakking breedte
- 160 mm
- Verpakking hoogte
- 21 mm
- Verpakking lengte
- 235 mm
- Verpakkingsgewicht
- 480 g
EAN
- EAN
- 9780802047243
Je vindt dit artikel in
- Taal
- Engels
- Boek, ebook of luisterboek?
- Boek
- Studieboek of algemeen
- Studieboeken
Kies gewenste uitvoering
Prijsinformatie en bestellen
Rapporteer dit artikel
Je wilt melding doen van illegale inhoud over dit artikel:
- Ik wil melding doen als klant
- Ik wil melding doen als autoriteit of trusted flagger
- Ik wil melding doen als partner
- Ik wil melding doen als merkhouder
Geen klant, autoriteit, trusted flagger, merkhouder of partner? Gebruik dan onderstaande link om melding te doen.