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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Peter Lang,
2007.
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| Series: | Italian modernities ;
v. 1. |
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 260 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-252) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783039105502 (pbk.) 3039105507 (pbk.) |