Dino Buzzati and Anglo-American Culture : The Re-Use of Visual and Narrative Texts in His Fantastic Fiction
ISBN: 9781443860833
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Subjects: Literature;

This book investigates the relationship between Dino BuzzatiOCOs fiction and Anglo-American culture by focusing on his re-use of visual texts (Arthur RackhamOCOs illustrations), narrative sources (Joseph ConradOCOs novels), and topoi belonging to such genres as the seafaring tale, the ghost story and the Christmas story. Tracing BuzzatiOCOs recurring theme of the loss of imagination, Dino Buzzati and Anglo-American Culture shows that, far from being a mere imitator, he carries on an original and cons..."


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