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9781559706537

Hell and Back : Reflections on Writers and Writing from Dante to Rushdie

by Parks, Tim
  • ISBN13:

    9781559706537

  • ISBN10:

    1559706538

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-12-06
  • Publisher: Arcade Pub
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Summary

Filled with humor and insight, a vast array of thought-provoking reflections on literature and the art of writing discusses literary masterpieces from such authors as Samuel Beckett, Jorge Luis Borges, Henry Green, Christina Stead, and Giovanni Verga. Reprint.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
Hell and Back Dante
1(22)
The Universal Gentleman Borges
23(22)
Here Comes Salman Rushdie
45(16)
Surviving Giacomo Leopardi
61(20)
The Hunter Sebald
81(14)
Different Worlds
95(20)
Sentimental Education Seth
115(16)
A Chorus of Cruelty Verga
131(18)
Voltaire's Coconuts Buruma
149(18)
Literary Trieste Svevo, Joyce, Saba
167(12)
Party Going Green
179(14)
The Enchanted Fort Buzzati
193(8)
In the Locked Ward Neugeboren
201(10)
Fascist Work Sironi
211(18)
Sightgeist Saramago
229(14)
A Prisoner's Dream Montale
243(18)
Unlocking the Mind's Manacles Bateson and Ugazio
261(24)
Christina Stead: Our Luck Stead
285(20)
Writerly Rancour
305(16)
References 321

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