Italo Calvino

Martin McLaughlin

Published by Edinburgh University Press 1998

Italo Calvino

Martin McLaughlin

In the series Writers of Italy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474470902

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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of Italo Calvino (1923-85) offers new interpretations of Calvino's main works, taking into account some important unpublished material, and analyses Calvino's intertextual links with major writers of world literature (Conrad, Stevenson, Hemingway and Borges). Postmodern elements in his texts are assessed, and a chapter on Calvino's critical essays shed important light on his creative process.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Chapter The Apprentice Artisan: The Early Short Stories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 A Small-scale Epic: The Path to the Spiders' Nests Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter 3 From Neorealism to Fantasy: Our Ancestors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter 4 (Re)Writing Realism: A Plunge into Real Estate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Chapter 5 Calvina's Thematics: Sex, Texts and the Secret Watermark of the Universe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Chapter 6 Experimental Space: The Cosmicomic Stories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Chapter 7 Experimental Signs: Invisible Cities and The Castle of Crossed Destinies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Chapter 8 A Borgesian Summa: lf on a Winter's Night a Traveller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
Chapter 9 Words and Silence: The Strange Genesis of Mr Palomar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Chapter 10 Calvina's Style: Abstract Aspirations for the Next Millennium Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Appendix Chronology of Calvina's Fictions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 240
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: February 15, 2022
ISBN: 9781474470902