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Italo Calvino and the Compass of Literature
This chapter is in the book Italo Calvino and the Compass of Literature
© 2016 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

© 2016 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction 3
  5. Chapter One. Italy at the Crossroads, 1943-1963 12
  6. Chapter Two. Italo Calvino: From Neorealism to the Fantastic 47
  7. Chapter Three. The Baron in the Trees: The Utopian Moment in Calvino's Fantastic Trilogy 81
  8. Chapter Four. The Non-existent Knight: Obstinacy without Illusions 131
  9. Chapter Five. The Watcher: The Intellectual in the Labyrinth 161
  10. Conclusion: Literature as an Ethical Project 191
  11. Notes 197
  12. Bibliography 221
  13. Index 235
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442676343-008

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction 3
  5. Chapter One. Italy at the Crossroads, 1943-1963 12
  6. Chapter Two. Italo Calvino: From Neorealism to the Fantastic 47
  7. Chapter Three. The Baron in the Trees: The Utopian Moment in Calvino's Fantastic Trilogy 81
  8. Chapter Four. The Non-existent Knight: Obstinacy without Illusions 131
  9. Chapter Five. The Watcher: The Intellectual in the Labyrinth 161
  10. Conclusion: Literature as an Ethical Project 191
  11. Notes 197
  12. Bibliography 221
  13. Index 235
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