Algernon Charles Swinburne : major poems and selected prose / edited by Jerome McGann and Charles L. Sligh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

McGann, Jerome J.

Sligh, Charles L.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. 2004

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxx, 498 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Major poems and selected prose

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2004]

Summary:

A selection of contemporary Italian fiction in English for readers who wish to explore Italy's rich literary landscape

This anthology serves as a literary map to guide readers through the varied geography of contemporary Italian fiction. Massimo Riva has gathered English-language translations of short stories and excerpts from novels that were originally published in Italian between 1975 and 2001. As an expression of a communal contemporary condition, these narratives suggest a new sensibility and a new way of seeing, exploring, and inhabiting the world, in writing.

Riva provides a comprehensive introduction to Italian literary trends of the past twenty years. Each selection is preceded by a short introduction and biography of the writer. For English-language readers who are familiar with the work of Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco, this collection presents an opportunity to acquaint themselves with the work of other important contemporary Italian writers of fiction.

Contents:

Poetry

Collected prose

Uncollected poetry

Uncollected prose.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [493]-494) and indexes.

ISBN:

0300104995

0300095309

OCLC:

55220141

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