UID:
almafu_9958353239602883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442676107
Series Statement:
Toronto Italian Studies
Content:
Giuliana Minghelli uses Italo Svevo's parodic Darwinian fable of the prehistoric encounter between the weak and 'unfinished' man and an incommensurable other to reassess his eccentric contribution to 20th century literature.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Abbreviations --
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Introduction --
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1. Between Darwinian Origins and Modernist Ends: Svevo’s Allegory of Symbiosis --
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2. Of Artists, Women, and Jews: Svevo and the Modernist Contamination --
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3. Between Darwinism and Dreams: The Stories of Alfonso and Annetta in Una Vita --
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4. The Crying of the Statues: Art and Women in Senilità --
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5. Leading the Pedagogue by the Hand --
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6. Out of the Shadow of the Mammoth: Zeno and the Story of the Other --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781442676107
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442676107
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