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Death or deception : sense of place in Buzzati and Morante
Felix Siddell
Leicester : Troubador, 2006
ISBN: 1905237111
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Book description
This book examines the evocation of place in the works of Dino
Buzzati and Elsa Morante. Although these two post-war Italian authors
are quite dramatically different in style and subject matter, they share an
important point, an evocation of place which is constructed around the
tension between the purported realism of map space and the irrational yet
persuasive powers of fantasy. Conceived as more than the author's
response to a referent of specific locations, sense of place emerges through
the interplay of different and apparently contradictory notions.
The book will appeal to a wider audience than scholars concerned with the
authors studied, because it sets up a theoretical approach which could be
applied to the study of other literary works.
About the author
Dr Felix Siddell is a lecturer in the School of Languages,
Cultures and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Melbourne,
Australia.
Having completed degrees in urban studies and foreign languages,
Siddell taught languages at both secondary and tertiary level in
Australia and Italy.
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