The struggle for life and the modern Italian novel, 1859-1925 / / Andrea Sartori

• Autore: Sartori Andrea
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 pages)
• Disciplina: 813.54
• Soggetto topico: Evolution (Biology) in literature; Italian fiction; Italian fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for The Struggle for Life and the Modern Italian Novel, 1859-1925 -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Anxiety of Modernization -- Chapter 2: Darwin's Traces -- 1 Struggle for Life: The Origin of a Metaphor -- 2 Derrida and Darwin -- 3 Darwin Contended: A Literary Perspective -- 4 In Italy: Fogazzaro, D'Annunzio, Verga, Pascoli -- Chapter 3: Svevo: (A) Life and Writing -- 1 December, 1902 -- 2 Adaptive Demands -- 3 A Solitary Performance -- 4 The Struggle for Life and Woman -- 5 An Emotional Void -- 6 An Indelible Trace: Images of Deprivation -- 7 Delirium and Writing -- Chapter 4: De Roberto: Power and Transformism -- 1 Zola: The Features of a Dream -- 2 De Roberto: Writing about Negativity -- 3 De Roberto: The Viceroys -- 3.1 A Fading Inheritance -- 3.2 Suggestion: From Family to Politics -- 3.3 Final Curtain: The Unpredictable -- Chapter 5: Pirandello: Name and Performance -- 1 Copernicus and Darwin -- 2 The Late Mattia Pascal: Is There Any Logic? -- 3 One, No One and One Hundred Thousand: Getting Under the Skin -- 4 Six Characters in Search of an Author: A Tale of Shame -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: The struggle for life and the modern Italian novel, 1859-1925
• ISBN: 9783031188503; 9783031188497
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910768466603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Italian and Italian American studies.