| Authorial Echoes: Textuality and Self-Plagiarism in the Narrative of Luigi Pirandello Contributor(s): O'Rawe, Catherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1904713033 ISBN-13: 9781904713036 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: Luigi Pirandello is best known for his experimental plays, but his narrative production has not enjoyed the same degree of critical attention. O'Rawe's study represents the first major reassessment of this output, including the 'realist' novels, the historical novel I vecchi e i giovani (1909) and the autobiographical Suo marito (1911). The book identifies in Pirandello a practice of 'self-plagiarism' - constant rewriting and revision and obsessive re-use of material - and explores the relation of these overlooked modes of composition to the author's own theories of authorship and textuality. Drawing on a wide range of critical theory, O'Rawe repositions Pirandello as a major figure in the development of European narrative modernism. Catherine O'Rawe is a Lecturer in Italian at the University of Exeter. She has published articles on Pirandello and on Sicilian fiction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Italian |
| Dewey: 852.912 |
| LCCN: 2005472427 |
| Series: Legenda |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.68" W x 8.44" (0.58 lbs) 190 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Luigi Pirandello is best known for his experimental plays, but his narrative production has not enjoyed the same degree of critical attention. O'Rawe's study represents the first major reassessment of this output, including the 'realist' novels, the historical novel I vecchi e i giovani (1909) and the autobiographical Suo marito (1911). The book identifies in Pirandello a practice of 'self-plagiarism' - constant rewriting and revision and obsessive re-use of material - and explores the relation of these overlooked modes of composition to the author's own theories of authorship and textuality. Drawing on a wide range of critical theory, O'Rawe repositions Pirandello as a major figure in the development of European narrative modernism. |