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Digression

A Narrative Strategy in the Italian Novel

Digression( )
Author: Santovetti, Olivia
Series title:Italian Modernities Ser.
ISBN:978-3-03910-550-2
Publication Date:Oct 2007
Publisher:Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $88.20
Book Description:

'Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine; - they are the life, the soul of reading'. So declared Laurence Sterne in his Tristram Shandy, the greatest of all monuments to digression. The modern Italian novel was not slow to pick up on Sterne's lesson. This book examines the workings of digression in the novels of five major Italian authors - Manzoni, Dossi, Pirandello, Gadda, and Calvino - from the birth of the modern novel in the early 19th century to the era of...
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Book Details
Pages:262
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / Italian
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.66 x 5.91 Inches
Book Weight:0.858 Pounds



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