| Description |
1 online resource (162 pages) |
| Series |
Toronto Italian Studies |
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Toronto Italian studies.
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| Contents |
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 Gadda and the Baroque -- 2 Baroque Solitude: Disillusion and the Ruins of War -- 3 Creative Bodies: Theory and Practice of the Grotesque -- 4 A Baroque Ethics -- 5 A Baroque Mystery -- APPENDIX: Gadda and Fascism -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W |
| Summary |
This groundbreaking study of Gadda's narrative form identifies Gadda's complex 'baroque' style as not merely an aesthetic conceit, but an expression of modern alienation and of loss, grief, and the need for solitude in the face of a fragmented reality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gadda, Carlo Emilio, 1893-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Gadda, Carlo Emilio, 1893-1973 |
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Baroque literature -- Influence
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Italian literature -- 17th century.
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Italian literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442673588 |
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1442673583 |
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9786612037344 |
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6612037342 |
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