Antonio Tabucchi and the Visual Arts - Images, Visions, and Insights

Visual images and imagery, optical metaphors and iconic quotations are common features in the literary work of Antonio Tabucchi, along with references to the world of painting, photography, and cinema. This book explores the «iconic temptation» of the Italian author, pointing out his visual strategies of representation and poetic thought. By focusing on the visual intertextuality of his fiction, it discusses questions of style and content whilst also emphasizing the role of images as a privileged means of narrative knowledge and philosophical insight. Drawing on the visual studies and on postmodernist theory and criticism, this study offers a comprehensive inquiry into the visual poetics of one of Europe's most innovative writers.

List of contents

Antonio Tabucchi - Literary work - Visual perspective - Interaction with the arts of vision - Visual Studies - Postmodernist theory and criticism - Textual and philosophical inquiry -Visual writing

About the author

Michela Meschini teaches Critical Theory and Comparative Literature at the University of Macerata (Italy). She specializes in visual studies, postmodernist theory, and contemporary Italian literature. Her research areas also include transnational fiction and women¿s writing.

Product details

• Authors: Michela Meschini
• Assisted by: Dagmar Reichardt (Editor)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9783631756171
• ISBN: 978-3-631-75617-1
• No. of pages: 170
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 15 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 300 g
• Illustrations: 7 Abb.
• Series: Transcultural Studies - Interdisciplinary Literature and Humanities for Sustainable Societies; Transcultural Studies - Interdisciplinary Literature and Humanities for Sustainable Societies; Transcultural Studies ¿ Interdisciplinary Literature and Humanities for Sustainable Societies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics