Obsolete objects in the literary imagination : ruins, relics, rarities, rubbish, uninhabited places, and hidden treasures /
Translated here into English for the first time is a monumental work of literary history and criticism comparable in scope and achievement to Eric Auerbach's "Mimesis". Italian critic Francesco Orlando explores Western literature's obsession with outmoded and nonfunctional object...
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Main Author: | Orlando, Francesco, 1934-2010 |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English Italian |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2006.
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Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
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