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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691611769
ISBN-139780691611761
eBay Product ID (ePID)202519113
Product Key Features
Number of Pages212 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameItalian Literary Icons
SubjectGeneral, Semiotics & Theory, European / Italian
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorGian-Paolo Biasin
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight1 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition19
Series Volume Number22
Dewey Decimal850/.9
SynopsisFocusing on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italian literature, Gian-Paolo Biasin explores a series of challenges posited for literary criticism by the success of semiotics, testing theoretical concepts not so much on theoretical grounds as in their practical application to literary texts from the high Romantic lyric of Ugo Foscolo to the postmodern, cosmicomic tales of Italo Calvino. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905., Focusing on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italian literature, Gian-Paolo Biasin explores a series of challenges posited for literary criticism by the success of semiotics, testing theoretical concepts not so much on theoretical grounds as in their practical application to literary texts from the high Romantic lyric of Ugo Foscolo to the postmod