Why Read the Classics?

Informationen zum Autor Italo Calvino (1923-1985), one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. His major works include Cosmicomics (1968), Invisible Cities (1972), and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). He died in Siena in 1985. Klappentext Why Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that people always say they are 'rereading', not 'reading'), this is an absorbing collection of Italo Calvino's witty and passionate criticism. Zusammenfassung Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic, this collection provides the author's criticism.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Italo Calvino, Martin McLaughlin
• Con la collaborazione di: Patrick Creagh (Traduzione), Martin McLaughlin (Traduzione), Tim Parks (Traduzione), William Weaver (Traduzione)
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.05.2009
• EAN: 9780141189703
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118970-3
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 200 mm x 18 mm
• Serie: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Biography and non-fiction prose, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Literary companions, book reviews and guides