Digression : a narrative strategy in the Italian novel /

This volume 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 postmodernist experimentation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Santovetti, Olivia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, 2007.
Series:Italian modernities ; v. 1.
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Description
Summary:This volume 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 postmodernist experimentation.
Physical Description:260 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-252) and index.
ISBN:9783039105502 (pbk.)
3039105507 (pbk.)