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1 online resource (vi, 210 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Warwick, 2005) presented under the title: The phoenix speaks: the reclamation of socio-political engagement in the works of Leonardo Sciascia and Antonio Tabucchi, 1975-2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Text and society : text in society -- pt. II. Engagement through spatial respresentations -- pt. III. The challenge of communication -- pt. IV. The challenges of intertextuality and self-reflexivity -- pt. V. Conclusions. |
| Summary |
Postmodern Ethics offers a new perspective on debates surrounding the role of the intellectual in Italian society, and provides an original reading of two important Italian contemporary writers, Leonardo Sciascia and Antonio Tabucchi. It examines the ways in which the two writers use literature to engage with their socio-political environment in a climate informed by the doubts and scepticism of postmodernism, after traditional forms of impegno had been abandoned. Postmodern Ethics explores w ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Sciascia, Leonardo -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Sciascia, Leonardo. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Tabucchi, Antonio, 1943-2012 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Sciascia, Leonardo -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Tabucchi, Antonio, 1943-2012. |
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Tabucchi, Antonio, 1943-2012 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Italian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Italian fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Ethics in literature.
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Ethics in literature. |
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Postmodernism.
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Postmodernism. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wren-Owen, Elizabeth. Postmodern Ethics : The Re-appropriation of Committed Writing in the Works of Antonio Tabucchi and Leonardo Sciascia 1975-2005. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2007 9781847182340 |
| ISBN |
9781443810777 (electronic book) |
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1443810770 (electronic book) |
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9781847182340 (hardcover) |
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1847182348 (hardcover) |
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