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Thinking Narratively
What is the connection between philosophical enquiries and storytelling in contemporary narrative? Is it possible to outline some features of a so-called philosophical fiction in Western literature throughout the last two centuries? This book aims to provide a plural answer, hosting extensive essays by seven young researchers coming from different fields (Theory of literature, German, American, Russian and Italian contemporary literature, history and evolution of the essayistic form). A short The volume is addressed to all those with a strong interest in both evolution of philosophical speech and history of the novel and has a strong vocation to promote interdisciplinarity in literary studies.
Life in Peacetime
When Life in Peactime opens, on May 29, 2015, engineer Ivo Brandani is sixty-nine years old. He's disillusioned and angry--but morbidly attached to life. As he makes a day-long trip home from his job in Sharm el Sheik reconstructing the coral reefs of the Red Sea using synthetics, he reflects on both the brief time he sees remaining ahead and on everything that has happened already in his life to which he can never quite resign himself. We see his slow bureaucratic trudge as a civil servant, long summer vacations on a Greek island, his twisted relationship with his first boss, the turmoil and panic attacks he faced during the student uprisings in 1968 that pushed him away from philosophy and into engineering, and his fearful childhood as a postwar evacuee. A close-up portrait of an ordinary existence, Life in Peacetime offers a new look at the postwar era in Italy and the fundamental contradictions of a secure, middle-class life.
Rome: Continuing Encounters between Past and Present
Few other cities can compare with Rome's history of continuous habitation, nor with the survival of so many different epochs in its present. This volume explores how the city's past has shaped the way in which Rome has been built, rebuilt, represented and imagined throughout its history. Bringing together scholars from the disciplines of architectural history, urban studies, art history, archaeology and film studies, this book comprises a series of studies on the evolution of the city of Rome and the ways in which it has represented and reconfigured itself from the medieval period to the present day. Moving from material appropriations such as spolia in the medieval period, through the carto...
Soccer Star Lionel Messi
Considered by some to be the greatest soccer star of all time, Lionel Messi's story is nothing short of spectacular. As this sports biography highlights the biggest moments of his career, it becomes quite clear why he is the most important player to Argentina's national squad and his club team, FC Barcelona.
L'acte littéraire à l'ère de la posthistoire
La littérature des dernières décennies, après les engagements politiques qui ont été les siens au cours du XXe siècle, a donné lieu à un scepticisme plus ou moins radical, pouvant confiner au cynisme et au nihilisme. Ce qui a entraîné deux attitudes fondamentales de la part des écrivains : d'abord le repli sur soi, où la vie intime prend le relais de l'engagement social, au profit d'une activité autofictionnelle qui gravite dans la sphère du privé, puis l'usage documentariste ou archivistique de la littérature, suivant lequel la fiction se met au service des faits, non plus des idéologies ou des utopies, en témoignant des problèmes sociaux à travers des cas particuliers,...
Digitale d’autore
Il volume parte da una ricognizione introduttiva sul rapporto tra scrittori e computer; dà una definizione degli archivi letterari nati digitalmente, fornisce alcuni esempi nel panorama internazionale e delinea una prima mappatura delle esperienze italiane, soffermandosi in particolare sul caso dell’archivio di Franco Fortini conservato all’Università degli Studi di Siena. Offre una sintesi del primo progetto italiano dedicato al born-digital letterario, PAD – Pavia Archivi Digitali, analizzando i processi di acquisizione e gestione dei fondi, oggi conservati presso il Centro Manoscritti di Pavia. Propone infine un’analisi critica delle prime tre opere di Francesco Pecoraro alla luce dell’archivio digitale conservato a Pavia.
