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Sailing off on the Adel : Alessandro Baricco's metaliterary trilogy (Part 2)
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Tarantino, Elisabetta (2007) Sailing off on the Adel : Alessandro Baricco's metaliterary trilogy (Part 2). Romance Studies, Vol.25 (No.4). pp. 323-337. doi:10.1179/174581507x235642
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174581507x235642
Abstract
This study argues that the metaliterary aspect constitutes a fundamental and unifying concern within Alessandro Baricco's first three novels. The author's leaning towards a self-reflexive mode of representation is demonstrated by the endings of Castelli di rabbia and Oceano Mare. However, this aspect pervades all the main thematic strands of both novels, amounting to a consistent vision on Baricco's part. This also relates to the author's views on the relationship of the general public with art and culture, as illustrated in Baricco's newspaper articles and musicological essays. A similar vision applies to the author's third novel, Seta, which, though it does not include an explicitly metafictional epilogue, can in fact be seen as a daring and coherent metaphor of the role and development of fiction in the last few centuries.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Italian | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Romance Studies | ||||
| Publisher: | Maney Publishing | ||||
| ISSN: | 02639904 | ||||
| Official Date: | November 2007 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.25 | ||||
| Number: | No.4 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 15 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 323-337 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1179/174581507x235642 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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