Italo Calvino: Letters 1941 1985

Zusatztext "There is much to admire in McLaughlin's translation of the letters, not least his sensitivity to Calvino's variations of style and tone, from the ironic to the pedantic. The collection also provides new texts in English that provide valuable insights into the germination of Calvino's best-known works. It captures the writer's generosity and integrity and, above all, his deep and abiding passion for literary culture." ---Rita Wilson, Sydney Review of Books Informationen zum Autor Michael Wood is professor of English and comparative literature at Princeton University. His most recent books are Yeats and Violence and A Very Short Introduction to Film . Martin McLaughlin is the Agnelli-Serena Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Oxford. He is the translator of Calvino's Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings , Into the War , and Why Read the Classics? , which won the John Florio Prize for translation. He is also cotranslator of Calvino's The Complete Cosmicomics . Klappentext The selected letters of one of the great writers of the 20th century, spanning the years 1941-1985. Zusammenfassung This is the first collection in English of the extraordinary letters of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Italy's most important postwar novelist, Italo Calvino (1923-1985) achieved worldwide fame with such books as Cosmicomics, Invisible Cities, and If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. But he was also an influential literary critic, Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction! by Michael Wood vii Translator's Note! by Martin McLaughlin xvii Abbreviations xix 1941-1945 1 1946-1950 32 1951-1955 73 1956-1960 111 1961-1965 212 1966-1970 311 1971-1975 390 1976-1980 461 1981-1985 511 Notes 535 Index 599

Product details

• Authors: Italo Calvino, Michael Wood
• Assisted by: Michael Wood (Editor), Michael Wood (Introduction), Martin McLaughlin (Translation), McLaughlin Martin (Translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2013
• EAN: 9780691139456
• ISBN: 978-0-691-13945-6
• No. of pages: 632
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 241 mm x 41 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Diaries, letters and journals