| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 233 pages) |
| Series |
Understanding modern European and Latin American literature |
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Understanding modern European and Latin American literature.
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction: Calvino's Life and Circumstances -- Ch. 2. A Neorealistic Path to Literary Exordium: The Path to the Nest of Spiders -- Ch. 3. Fantastic and Realistic Webs of Prose -- Ch. 4. Our Ancestors: A Viscount, a Baron, and a Knight -- Ch. 5. The Speculating Intellectual at the Crossroads: Four Novellas -- Ch. 6. Calvino's Co[s]mic Mosaic -- Ch. 7. An Intellectually Playful Artifice: t zero -- Ch. 8. The Combinatorial Play of Narrative Possibilities: The Castle of Crossed Destinies; Invisible Cities -- Ch. 9. Calvino's Ultimate Hypernovel: If on a winter's night. . . -- Ch. 10. Posthumously: Under the Jaguar Sun; La Strada di San Giovanni -- Ch. 11. Conclusion: The Unredeeming Author: Mr. Palomar |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Calvino, Italo -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Calvino, Italo fast |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian.
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Italian Literature.
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Romance Literatures.
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Languages & Literatures.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
92040941 |
| ISBN |
0585351201 |
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9780585351209 |
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