The Poiesis of History : Experimenting with Genre in Postwar Italy / Keala Jewell
1992, First Edition. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #404301
ISBN: 0801426456
Physical description; 260 p. : 23.5 cm. illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-255) and index. Contents; Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. History and Poetry -- CHAPTER TWO. Palimpsests and Rome -- CHAPTER THREE. Ilaria and Italia -- CHAPTER FOUR. Sorrow and Genre -- CHAPTER FIVE. Epos and Fragment -- CHAPTER SIX. Compromise and Distance -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Interrogative Epos -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index. Subjects; Pasolini, Pier Paolo 1922-1975 Criticism and interpretation. Bertolucci, Attilio Criticism and interpretation. Luzi, Mario Criticism and interpretation. Italy. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian. Italian poetry 20th century History and criticism. Literature and history Italy.
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