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Informationen zum Autor The late Dani Cavallaro wrote widely about literature, cultural theory, and anime. She lived in London. Klappentext At the time of his death, Italo Calvino was internationally regarded as one of Italy's greatest twentieth century writers. His approach to literature was remarkably adventurous, and he produced a thought-provoking oeuvre. It invited readers to engage themselves with radical thoughts and philosophies, an approach lamentably scarce in contemporary global culture. This book examines Calvino's works of fiction in the context of the philosophical ideas he advanced in his theoretical and critical works. His was an extraordinarily versatile mind, keen on experimenting with a dazzling variety of both fiction and nonfiction forms. Zusammenfassung Examines the work of Italo Calvino in the context of the philosophical ideas he advanced in his theoretical and critical output. In the process! this examination bears witness to an extraordinarily versatile mind! keen on experimenting with a dazzling variety of both fiction and non-fiction forms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsPreface 1. The World of Italo Calvino 2. Reimagining History: Our Ancestors 3. Eccentric Cosmologies: Cosmicomics and Time and the Hunter 4. The Endless Journey: Invisible Cities 5. Structures and Their Explosion: The Castle of Crossed Destinies 6. Science and Play: Mr. Palomar and Numbers in the Dark 7. The Universal Library: If on a winter's night a traveler 8. Empire of the Senses: Under the Jaguar Sun Bibliography Index
