Plotting the Past: Metamorphoses of Historical Narrative in Modern Italian Fiction
Through an examination of nineteenth- and twentieth-century theoretical work and novels, Della Coletta presents an authoritatively original recasting of the notion of the historical novel. Della Coletta's analysis of these novels suggests that genres are ideological units molded by culture and history, and that current ideologies shape the literary representation of the historical past. This innovative case study thus illuminates not just the twentieth-century Italian historical novel but also the function of literary genres as a whole.
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Plotting the Past: Metamorphoses of Historical Narrative in Modern Italian Fiction
Through an examination of nineteenth- and twentieth-century theoretical work and novels, Della Coletta presents an authoritatively original recasting of the notion of the historical novel. Della Coletta's analysis of these novels suggests that genres are ideological units molded by culture and history, and that current ideologies shape the literary representation of the historical past. This innovative case study thus illuminates not just the twentieth-century Italian historical novel but also the function of literary genres as a whole.
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ISBN-13: | 9781557530912 |
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Publisher: | Purdue University Press |
Publication date: | 11/01/1996 |
Series: | Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures , #12 |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 268 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d) |
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