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The Mind of Italo Calvino: A Critical Exploration of His Thought and Writings

By Dani Cavallaro

Book information

Year
2010
ISBN
0786447664, 9780786447664
LCC
PQ4809.A45 Z687 2010
Open Library ID
OL24068994M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
850 kB (870767 bytes)
Pages
210\211
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

At the time of his death, Italo Calvino was internationally regarded as one of Italy's greatest twentieth century writers. His approach to literature was remarkably adventurous, and he produced a thought-provoking oeuvre. It invited readers to engage themselves with radical thoughts and philosophies, an approach lamentably scarce in contemporary global culture. This book examines Calvino's works of fiction in the context of the philosophical ideas he advanced in his theoretical and critical works. His was an extraordinarily versatile mind, keen on experimenting with a dazzling variety of both fiction and nonfiction forms.

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