Cosmiche italo calvino biography

Italo Calvino (Italian: [ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno]; 15 October 1923 - 19 September 1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels.
The paper explores Italo Calvino's narrative techniques and thematic elements in his works, particularly the cosmicomic stories, Le città invisibili, and.
This paper explores the significance of the moon in Italo Calvino (1923-1985), taking into consideration works such as Le Cosmicomiche, Palomar and Lezioni.

•

Subject: Theory of Literature

Filters

Legend

Journal
Article
Book
Chapter
Open Access

Engineer Waltz’s Hyperboloid: Vladimir Nabokov and the Soviet Fantastic Literature of the 1910—1920s

Гиперболоид инженера Вальса: Набоков и советская фантастика 1910-х – 1920-х гг.

Author(s): Vera Polishchuk / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 8/2021

Keywords: Soviet literature; 1910s-1920s; Vladimir Nabokov; Soviet writers;

Как явствует из интервью, в советской литерату

•

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOON IN ITALO CALVINO

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOON IN ITALO CALVINO 1 In this paper, I am going to discuss the significance of the moon in Italo Calvino (1923-1985), taking into consideration works such as Le Cosmicomiche, Palomar and Lezioni Americane. I will try to highlight how Calvino detaches himself from the illustrious tradition of precedent lunar voyage, by emphasising the originality of his position, and, at the same time, the closeness to his greatest model, Ludovico Ariosto. I will focus on how Calvino approached the moon from both a scientific and poetic perspective and how the satellite became in his work a meaningful allegory for a personal quest of knowledge of the world and at the same time of one’s inner self. While trying to do so, I will pay attention to the way he deploys the moon in his Le Cosmicomiche to show the inconsistency of an anthropocentric perception of reality, and to underline the strong bond between men and nature. The basis of my discussion relies on Calvino’s holistic perception of reality, according to which the cosmic

•

Italo Calvino: mythical writing in an enlightened world. Desire, utopia and earthly transcendence in the cosmicomic stories, Le città invisibili, and Palomar

Italo Calvino: Mythical Writing in an Enlightened World

Desire, utopia and earthly transcendence in the cosmicomic stories, Le città invisibili, and Palomar

Myrto Petsota

PhD THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH OILTHIGH DHÙN ÈIDEANN 2012 Declaration I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text. It has not been submitted for any other degree or professional qualification except as specified.

Myrto Petsota 16 th July 2012

Dedication

To my brother Spyros, for whom I am always eagerly writing, hoping he will approve.

To my mother Maria, who always reads me, gently and constructively reminding me when she does not approve.

To my father Georgios, who is always quietly happy I am writing, hoping I am happy as well.

To all of them, for listeni